HB 741 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

HOUSING: Provides relative to housing for victims of human trafficking

HB 741 requires Louisiana local housing authorities to give priority for housing vouchers to human trafficking survivors. It mandates verification of survivor status through healthcare professionals, law enforcement reports, protective orders, or other official sources. The bill also prohibits public disclosure of addresses linked to these vouchers to protect survivors' privacy. This policy directly affects trafficking survivors seeking stable housing and housing authorities administering voucher programs. The law aims to provide immediate housing support while safeguarding survivors' safety through confidential address handling.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Signed Jun 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB741 Original → HB741 Act 669 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was finalized and enrolled as Act No. 669, expanding the list of sponsors to include additional representatives. Substantively, the eligibility criteria for housing vouchers were broadened to include verification by a wider range of authorities, such as government agencies, district attorneys, and qualified third parties, in addition to healthcare professionals and law enforcement. The law also added a new requirement prohibiting housing authorities from disclosing a survivor's address without informed consent or a court order, with specific exceptions to prevent abusers from consenting to the release of information.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a simple preference for trafficking survivors to a more robust verification and privacy protection framework.

ELIGIBILITY

Expanded the list of entities that can verify a person is a human trafficking survivor to include government agencies, district attorneys, and qualified third parties.

REQUIREMENT

Added a prohibition on housing authorities disclosing a survivor's address without informed consent or a court order.

Included specific restrictions preventing abusers or alleged abusers from consenting to the release of a minor's or incapacitated person's address.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill text to reflect the final enrolled version with additional sponsors and corrected phrasing in the voucher definition.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2026 · House Apr 22, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

May 21, 2026

D Democratic12

11 Yea 1

91% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

lower

May 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 12, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (14-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

Feb 27, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

1 primary · 18 co-sponsors