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LA HB161

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/13/2026

Primary Sponsor

Shane Mack

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds human trafficking (R.S. 14:46.2) and trafficking of children for sexual purposes (R.S. 14:46.3) to the list of offenses requiring courts to consider defendant's criminal history and threat to victims when setting bail conditions

  • Requires courts to impose employment restrictions as a bail condition for defendants charged with human trafficking offenses, prohibiting work as rideshare/taxi drivers, in-home service workers, carnival operators, door-to-door vendors, or positions with supervisory authority over children

  • Prohibits defendants charged with these offenses from working in or governing early learning centers, residential homes, or child care facilities while on bail

  • Courts must consider the defendant's criminal history and whether they pose a danger to the public when determining employment restrictions

  • Amends Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 320(G) to extend existing victim protection bail conditions (no-contact orders, communication prohibitions) to human trafficking cases

Legislative Description

Provides relative to bail conditions for defendants alleged to have committed certain human trafficking offenses

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Last Action

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Administration of Criminal Justice2/13/2026

Full Bill Text

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