HB 1052 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

CHILDRENS CODE: Provides relative to confidentiality policies and procedures pertaining to work product created, received, or maintained by child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary investigative teams

This bill strengthens privacy protections for sensitive information handled by child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary investigative teams in Louisiana. It establishes that work product - including forensic interviews, medical records, and case notes - created during child abuse investigations is confidential and exempt from public records requests, subpoenas, and most legal discovery. The law requires these organizations to adopt written confidentiality policies that limit information sharing to authorized team members and allow disclosure only through court orders or specific legal exceptions. These provisions aim to protect the privacy of children and families while enabling professionals to collaborate effectively on abuse investigations.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Mar 30, 2026 Signed Jun 8, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1052 Original → HB1052 Act 870 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was enrolled and sponsored by additional legislators. The primary substantive change reorganizes the confidentiality rules for child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary investigative teams, shifting the legal definition of protected materials from 'work product' to 'confidential information' to broaden the scope of protected data. The bill also clarifies that these protections do not apply to specific criminal proceedings under Titles VI, VII, and VIII of the Children's Code.

Scope change

The scope of protected information was expanded by redefining the term from 'work product' to 'confidential information,' which now explicitly includes forensic interviews and other sensitive materials that were previously excluded from the 'work product' definition. Additionally, the bill introduces a specific exception for certain criminal proceedings.

DEFINITION

Redefines protected materials from 'work product' to 'confidential information' to include forensic interviews, medical exams, and counseling notes that were previously excluded.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarifies that confidentiality protections do not apply to criminal proceedings governed by specific titles of the Louisiana Children's Code.

REQUIREMENT

Reorganizes the statutory structure to separate policies for multidisciplinary investigative teams from those for child advocacy centers while maintaining consistent confidentiality standards.

TECHNICAL

Added co-sponsors (Representatives Chassion and Senator Barrow) and updated the bill title to reflect Act No. 870.

Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2026 · House May 5, 2026

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

May 26, 2026

D Democratic12

10 Yea 2

83% Yea

R Republican28

28 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 21, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

May 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (12-0).

lower

Apr 16, 2026

Committee

Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

lower

Apr 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (9-0. To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

lower

Mar 31, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors