Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana HB 579
CRIMINAL/VICTIMS: Provides relative to the rights of survivors of sexual assault
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democratic)
Cosponsors (25)
- Rashid Young (Democratic)
- Joy Walters (Democratic)
- Sylvia Taylor (Democratic)
- Joe Stagni
- Annie Spell (Republican)
- Candace N. Newell (Democratic)
- Ed Murray (Democratic)
- Pat Moore (Democratic)
- C. Denise Marcelle (Democratic)
- Rodney Lyons (Democratic)
- Ed Larvadain III (Democratic)
- Terry Landry Jr
- Mandie Landry (Democratic)
- Jeremy LaCombe (Republican)
- Timothy P. Kerner (Republican)
- Dana Henry (Democratic)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. (Democratic)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democratic)
- Tehmi Chassion (Democratic)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. (Democratic)
- Marcus Bryant (Democratic)
- Ken Brass (Democratic)
- Delisha Boyd (Democratic)
- Doyle Boudreaux (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Feb 26, 2026): Prefiled.
Text versions
- House Committee Amendment, #4603, JUD, Draft
- House Committee Amendment, #4722, JUD, Adopted
- Senate Committee Amendment, #3830, JUDB, Draft
- Senate Committee Amendment, #3906, JUDB, Adopted
- Senate Floor Amendment, #4060, Mizell, Adopted
- HB579 Original
- HB579 Engrossed
- HB579 Enrolled
- HB579 Act 815
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 House | CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1689) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
| May 26, 2026 Senate | FINAL PASSAGE (#1263) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
| May 6, 2026 House | FINAL PASSAGE (#903) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 · House
Prefiled. - Feb 26, 2026 · House
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary. - Feb 27, 2026 · House
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026. - Mar 9, 2026 · House
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. - Apr 29, 2026 · House
Reported with amendments (15-0). - May 5, 2026 · House
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. - May 5, 2026 · House
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026. - May 6, 2026 · House
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. - May 6, 2026 · Senate
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. - May 7, 2026 · Senate
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. - May 18, 2026 · Senate
Reported with amendments. - May 19, 2026 · Senate
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. - May 20, 2026 · Senate
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. - May 26, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. - May 26, 2026 · House
Received from the Senate with amendments. - May 27, 2026 · House
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026. - May 29, 2026 · House
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in. - May 31, 2026 · House
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. - Jun 1, 2026 · Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate. - Jun 1, 2026 · House
Sent to the Governor for executive approval. - Jun 8, 2026 · House
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 815. - Jun 8, 2026 · House
Effective date: 06/08/2026.