SB87 • 2026

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides for consistent definition of "commercial sexual activity". (8/1/26)

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Beth Mizell
Last action: 2026-05-14
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 205
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the law will be enforced or what penalties may apply for violations, leaving this information uncertain.

Consistent Definition for Commercial Sexual Activity

This act changes the definition of 'commercial sexual activity' to be consistent across laws related to human trafficking and child sex trafficking.

What This Bill Does

Changes how Louisiana defines 'commercial sexual activity'.
Includes giving, promising, or receiving something of value in exchange for a sexual act as commercial sexual activity.

Terms To Know

Commercial sexual activity: Any sexual or lewd or lascivious act performed or conducted when anything of value has been given, promised, or received by any person, directly or indirectly.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how law enforcement will enforce this new definition.
It's unclear if there are any penalties for violating this new definition.

Bill History

2026-05-14 S
Effective date 8/1/2026.
2026-05-14 S
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 205.
2026-05-13 S
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
2026-05-12 H
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-12 S
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-11 S
Received from the House without amendments.
2026-05-11 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-07 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
2026-05-06 H
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-05 H
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
2026-04-29 H
Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-01 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-03-31 H
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
2026-03-30 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-03-25 S
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-03-24 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-09 S
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-02-20 S
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

Official Summary Text

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides for consistent definition of "commercial sexual activity". (8/1/26)

Current Bill Text

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2026 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 87
BY SENATORS MIZELL, ABRAHAM, BARROW, CLOUD, HODGES, KLEINPETER
AND MORRIS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:46.2(C)(1) and 46.3(B), relative to human trafficking and
3 trafficking of children for sexual purposes; to provide a consistent definition of
4 "commercial sexual activity"; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:46.2(C)(1) and 46.3(B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
7 as follows:
8 §46.2. Human trafficking
9 * * *
10 C. For purposes of this Section:
11 (1) "Commercial sexual activity" means any sexual or lewd or lascivious act
12 performed or conducted when anything of value has been given, promised, or
13 received by any person, directly or indirectly, including the production of or
14 transmission of child sexual abuse materials or pornography.
15 * * *
16 §46.3. Trafficking of children for sexual purposes
17 * * *
18 B. For purposes of this Section, "commercial sexual activity" means any
19 sexual or lewd or lascivious act performed or conducted upon the person or in the
20 presence of any child when any thing anything of value has been given, promised,
ACT No. 205
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SB NO. 87 ENROLLED
1 or received by any person, directly or indirectly, including the production or
2 transmission of child sexual abuse materials or pornography.
3 * * *
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.