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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana Creates Sexual Assault Survivor Empowerment Task Force to Recommend Services and Training
Last action · June 2, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsors: Delisha Boyd and 24 others
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana establishes the Sexual Assault Survivor Empowerment Task Force to study and recommend survivor services, public awareness campaigns, and mandatory training by February 1, 2027. The panel includes representatives from law enforcement, legal agencies, medical examiners, social work licensing boards, and a survivor of sexual violence.
Survivors of sexual assault and local institutions will experience policy recommendations and potential mandatory training mandates across schools, hospitals, and law enforcement agencies when the panel reports its findings.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
survivors of sexual assault
Their access to counseling, workplace accommodations, and support services will be evaluated for future legislative changes.
law enforcement agencies
They are subject to potential recommendations regarding mandatory training programs.
schools and hospitals
They are included in potential mandatory training evaluations and recommendations.
Key Facts
- The Legislature of Louisiana creates the Sexual Assault Survivor Empowerment Task Force to study, evaluate, and recommend legislation providing access to survivor services.
- Services evaluated by the task force may include counseling, school or work accommodations, public awareness campaigns, and mandatory training for schools, hospitals, and law enforcement.
- The task force includes representatives from the attorney general's office, Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, Louisiana District Attorneys Association, and Louisiana State Coroner's Association.
- Membership also includes one member of the House of Representatives, one member of the Senate, a sexual violence survivor appointed by Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response, and a licensed clinical social worker appointed by the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners.
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- The task force must submit a report of its findings and legislative recommendations to the governor, legislative leaders, and specific committee chairs no later than February 1, 2027.
- A copy of the report must be submitted to the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library, and the report must be made available for public access.
- The statutory chapter establishing the task force terminates on February 1, 2027.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- Jun 2, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 676.
- Jun 2, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 27, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 27, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 26, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 26, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
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- May 26, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 20, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 19, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- May 12, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
- May 11, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- May 7, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- May 6, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- May 6, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
- May 5, 2026HouseReported with amendments (16-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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