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HB 414LOUISIANASession 2026State BillSigned into law
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Louisiana regulates criminal background checks and hiring prohibitions for unlicensed healthcare workers and ambulance personnel

Original title: HEALTH: Provides for prohibitions on hiring individuals with certain criminal convictions

Last action · June 9, 2026: Effective date: See Act.Sponsor: Emily Chenevert

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What This Bill Does

Act 802 prohibits healthcare employers and ambulance services from hiring unlicensed workers or licensed ambulance personnel with specific criminal convictions, while establishing updated background check rules and temporary employment guidelines.

Why it matters

Healthcare providers and ambulance services must follow revised criminal history review and conditional employment procedures when vetting direct-care staff, directly impacting hiring protocols for facilities across the state.

Background
  • House Bill 414 was introduced during the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature by Representative Emily Chenevert. context
  • Louisiana law mandates background checks and sets employment eligibility rules for individuals working directly with patients in healthcare facilities and ambulance services. context

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

unlicensed healthcare workers

Must undergo mandatory criminal history and security checks and face hiring prohibitions or termination if convicted of specified offenses.

Directly affected

licensed ambulance personnel

Subject to mandatory criminal history background checks and hiring restrictions based on prior criminal convictions.

Directly affected

healthcare employers and facilities

Required to submit background check requests, pay associated fees, verify applicant criminal records, and terminate staff with disqualifying convictions.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What background check fee must employers pay to the state office?
Employers or authorized agencies must pay a fee of twenty-six dollars to the office for searching criminal history files on an applicant.
Can an applicant start working temporarily before their background check is finished?
Yes, employers may permit conditional temporary employment while awaiting final background check results if the preliminary review shows no disqualifying convictions for enumerated offenses.
What must an employer do if a final background check reveals a disqualifying conviction?
The employer must immediately remove the employee from direct service duties and terminate their employment.

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Where This Stands

Current status: Signed into law.

Procedural history

33 actions
  1. Jun 9, 2026HouseEnrolled
    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 802.
  2. Jun 9, 2026House
    Effective date: See Act.
  3. Jun 4, 2026House
    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Jun 1, 2026House
    Conference Committee report received.
  5. Jun 1, 2026House
    Rules suspended.
  6. Jun 1, 2026HouseFloor
    Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 70, nays 20. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
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  1. Jun 1, 2026SenateFloor
    Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
  2. Jun 1, 2026SenateFloor
    Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 27 yeas and 8 nays.
  3. Jun 1, 2026House
    Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
  4. Jun 1, 2026HouseEnrolled
    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Jun 1, 2026SenateEnrolled
    Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
  6. May 29, 2026House
    Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
  7. May 28, 2026House
    House conferees appointed: Chenevert, Miller, and Spell.
  8. May 28, 2026Senate
    Senate conference committee members appointed: Cloud, Kleinpeter, and Morris.
  9. May 28, 2026Senate
    Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
  10. May 27, 2026HouseIntroduced
    Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
  11. May 27, 2026Senate
    Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
  12. May 26, 2026House
    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.
  13. May 25, 2026House
    Received from the Senate with amendments.
  14. May 21, 2026SenateFloor
    Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  15. May 18, 2026SenateFloor
    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  16. May 14, 2026SenateFloor
    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  17. May 13, 2026Senate
    Reported with amendments.
  18. Apr 27, 2026SenateCommittee
    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
  19. Apr 22, 2026HouseFloor
    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  20. Apr 22, 2026Senate
    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  21. Apr 21, 2026House
    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
  22. Apr 16, 2026HouseFloor
    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  23. Apr 15, 2026House
    Reported with amendments (13-0).
  24. Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroduced
    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
  25. Feb 27, 2026House
    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
  26. Feb 25, 2026House
    Prefiled.
  27. Feb 25, 2026HouseCommittee
    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

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Sponsors

Emily ChenevertHouse · District 66RepublicanPrimary sponsor

Discoveries

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Staged Implementation Dates

The legislation splits implementation, allowing certain provisions to take effect immediately upon signature while delaying broader statutory changes until October 1, 2026.

Louisiana Department of Health

Connected Entities

Professional Background Screening Association, Louisiana Department of Health, Emily Chenevert
OrganizationProfessional Background Screening Association“Organization maintaining accreditation standards for consumer reporting agencies”Map →
OrganizationLouisiana Department of Health“State agency overseeing therapeutic group homes and child abuse registries”Map →
PersonEmily Chenevert“Representative who introduced House Bill No. 414”Map →

Sources

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www.legis.la.gov

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