Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 1052 — 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

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 870.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 30, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 08, 2026.

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Likely to advance 92% · high confidence

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  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill establishes confidentiality policies for child advocacy centers and investigative teams.

This legislation outlines how confidentiality should be managed regarding the work created or handled by child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary investigative teams. It aims to safeguard the information these entities maintain.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

100 added · 168 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 1052, a reference to "ACT No. 870" has been removed. This change means that the bill no longer relies on or is connected to the specific policies or rules established in that act. This matters because it could indicate an effort to streamline the bill or make it more independent from older legislation, potentially allowing for more current and relevant provisions.

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HLS 26RS-2170 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
1052 BY REPRESENTATIVES SPELL AND CHASSION CHILDRENSCODE:
1052 BY REPRESENTATIVES SPELL AND CHASSION AND SENATOR BARROW AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Providesrelativetoconfidentialitypoliciesandprocedurespertaining to work product created, received, or maintained by child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary investigative teams AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
to provide relative to confidentiality of work product;
to provide relative to confidentialityof work product;
15:440.8 is hereby amended and to read as follows:
15:440.8 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
child advocacycenters The files, reports, records, communications, working papers, or videotaped interviews used or developed in providing servicesunder Part IIof pursuant to Title VoftheChildren'sCodeareconfidentialandnot subjectto thePublicRecordsLaw.
child advocacycenters The files, reports, records, communications, working papers, or videotaped interviews used or developed in providing services under Part IIof pursuant to Title VoftheChildren's CodeareconfidentialandnotsubjecttothePublicRecordsLaw.
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44:4.1(B)(40) is hereby amended and reenacted to readas follows:
44:4.1(B)(40) is herebyamended and reenacted to read as follows:
Thelegislaturefurtherrecognizesthatthereexistexceptions,exemptions, and limitations to the laws pertaining to public records throughout the revised statutesandcodesofthisstate.Therefore,thefollowingexceptions,exemptions,and limitations are hereby continued in effect by incorporation into this Chapter by citation:
Thelegislaturefurtherrecognizesthatthereexistexceptions,exemptions, and limitations to the laws pertaining to public records throughout the revised Page 1 of 4 CODING:
* * * (40) Children's Code Articles 328, 328.2, 404, 412, 424.6, 424.9, 441, 525, 525.1, 543, 545, 615, 616, 616.1,663,737,793,888,891,893,920,921,922,1007, 1106,1107,1185,1186,1187,1207,1213,1229,1235,1252,1273,1283.5,1283.10, 1416, 1453, 1568 * * * Section 3.
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Children's Code Article 513 is hereby amended and reenacted and Children's Code Articles 525(C), 525.1, and 545(C) are herebyenacted to read as follows:
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1052 ENROLLED statutesandcodesofthisstate.Therefore,thefollowingexceptions,exemptions,and limitations are hereby continued in effect by incorporation into this Chapter by citation:
* * * (40) Children's Code Articles 328, 328.2, 404, 412, 424.6, 424.9, 441, 525, 525.1, 543, 545, 615, 616,616.1,663,737,793,888,891,893,920,921,922, 1007, 1106,1107,1185,1186,1187,1207,1213,1229,1235,1252,1273,1283.5,1283.10, 1416, 1453, 1568 * * * Section 3.
Children's Code Article 513 is hereby amended and reenacted and Children's Code Articles 525(C), 525.1, and 545(C) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
A multidisciplinary investigative team may obtain all information necessaryto performits officialduties fromanypublicagency,department, or other organization, including material otherwise made confidential or privileged.
A multidisciplinary investigative team may obtain all information necessaryto performits officialduties fromanypublicagency,department,or other organization, including material otherwise made confidential or privileged.
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Allworkproductgenerated by a multidisciplinary investigative team is subject to the protections provided in Article 525.1.
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1052 by a multidisciplinary investigative team is subject to the protections provided in Article 525.1.
exceptions * * * C.
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Each child advocacy center shall adopt and enforce a written confidentialitypolicyconsistent with stateandfederallaw.
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Information maintained by a child advocacy center is confidential and shall be disclosed only as necessary tocarryoutthepurposesofthecenter.
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1052 ENROLLED C.
Each child advocacy center shall adopt and enforce a written confidentialitypolicyconsistentwith state and federallaw.
Informationmaintained by a child advocacy center is confidential and shall be disclosed only as necessary tocarryoutthepurposesofthecenter.
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15:440.7, forensic interviews maybe disclosed only for in camera inspection in connection with such proceedings.
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1052 ENROLLED in camera inspection in connection with such proceedings.
This Act shall become effectiveupon signature bythe governor or, if not signedbythegovernor,uponexpirationofthetimeforbillstobecomelawwithoutsignature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
This Act shall become effective upon signature bythe governor or, if not signedbythegovernor,uponexpirationofthetimeforbillstobecomelawwithoutsignature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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1052 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 1052 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Spell Abstract:
Provides relative to confidentiality policies and procedures pertaining to work product created, received, or maintained by child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary investigative teams.
Present law (R.S.
15:440.8) provides for confidentiality of files, reports, records, communications, working papers, or videotaped interviews used or developed by child advocacy centers in providing services to families.
Proposed law amends present law to make a technical change to a cross-reference.
Present law (R.S.
44:4.1) provides for public records exceptions.
Proposed law generally retains present law and adds a cross-reference to the public record exceptions provided in proposed law.
Present law (Ch.C.
Art.
513) provides for confidentiality policies relative to multidisciplinary investigations of child abuse and neglect.
Proposed law requires each multidisciplinary investigative team to adopt and adhere to a written confidentiality policy governing information obtained in the course of child abuse and neglect investigations.
Proposed law requires that the policy ensure that information is shared only among authorized participants for the purposes of investigation, assessment, prosecution, and treatment.
Further provides that all work product generated by a multidisciplinary investigative team is subject to the protections provided in proposed law.
Present law (Ch.C.
Art.
525) provides for confidentiality polices relative to child advocacy centers.
Proposed law requires each child advocacy center to adopt and enforce a written confidentiality policy consistent with state and federal law.
Further provides that information maintained by a child advocacy center is confidential and requires disclosure only as necessaryto carry out the purposes of the center.
Proposed law provides that all confidential information that is generated or maintained by a child advocacy center is subject to the protections provided in proposed law.
Proposedlawdefinestheterm"confidentialinformation".
Furtherprovidesthatconfidential information is confidential and is not subject to any public records requests, subpoena, discovery, or disclosure except as provided in proposed law.
Proposed law provides for circumstances when confidential information may be shared in de-identified or aggregate form.
Proposed law provides that confidential information is privileged and protected from disclosure in child custody, civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings, except as authorized by proposed law.
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1052 Proposedlawprovidesthattheprotectionofproposedlawisapplicableonlytoagenciesand individuals acting under formal multidisciplinary agreements.
Proposedlawdoesnotlimitthedisclosureofindependentlyobtainedevidence,theauthority of law enforcement, or the constitutional rights of a defendant.
Presentlaw(Ch.C.Art.545)providesfortheconfidentialityofinformationthatisdisclosed pursuant to an interagency information sharing agreement.
Proposed law provides that information shared pursuant to present law is confidential and that the confidentiality provisions of present law (Ch.C.
Art.
545) include the protections provided in proposed law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S.
15:440.8, R.S.
44:4.1(B)(40), and Ch.C.
Art.
513;
Adds Ch.C.
Arts.
525(C), 525.1, and 545(C)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
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Change all references of "work product" to "confidential information".
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Further define confidential information.
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Specifythatproposedlawdoesnotapplytocriminalproceedingsorproceedings governed by present law.
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Specifythatconfidentialinformationotherthanforensicinterviewsisprivileged.
5.
Make technical changes.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 870.

  2. Effective date: 06/08/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. 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.

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported favorably.

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

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

  14. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.

  16. Reported favorably (12-0).

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

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

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

  20. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (144)

144 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#1346)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 27000
Democrat 9002
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Not Voting
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#880)

Passed 95 Yea · 2 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6001
Republican 62204
Democrat 27003
Total 95208
% of votes cast 90%2%0%8%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Not Voting
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Not Voting
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Not Voting
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Not Voting
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Not Voting
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Who sponsors HB 1052?
HB 1052 is sponsored by Regina Barrow (Democrat), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), and Annie Spell (Republican).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 30, 2026. Enacted.
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