---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to the definition of \"commercial sexual activity\" within the crime of trafficking of children for sexual purposes"
description: "CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to the definition of \"commercial sexual activity\" within the crime of trafficking of children for sexual purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 779"
citation: "Louisiana HB 779 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delisha Boyd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-26"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818258ce-52fa-4bbf-87b4-f8fcf0a95fe0"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246888"
source_hash: "7ebccb956c6d1dbcb6cf4b75d0ab9ea36b4973f6fc1690ac9aaf29178cb0fae7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana HB 779 (2024) — CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Provides relative to the definition of "commercial sexual activity" within the crime of trafficking of children for sexual purposes

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB779 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358008)
2. **HB779 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382311)
3. **HB779 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362364)
4. **HB779 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379107)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#403) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1234) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Delisha Boyd — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-06-10** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 570. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-21** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-10** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/10/2024.
- **2024-04-08** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Reported favorably (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/818258ce-52fa-4bbf-87b4-f8fcf0a95fe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).