The original instrument was prepared by Ashley Menou. The following digest, which
does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was prepared by Thomas L.
Tyler.
DIGEST
SB 377 Reengrossed 2016 Regular Session Peacock
Present law requires information regarding the National Human Trafficking Resource Hotline to be
posted in the following establishments:
(1)Every massage parlor, spa, or hotel that has been found to be a public nuisance for
prostitution as set forth in R.S. 13:4711.
(2)Every strip club or other sexually-oriented business as set forth in R.S. 37:3558(C).
(3)Every full service fuel facility adjacent to an interstate highway or highway rest stop.
(4)Every outpatient abortion facility as defined by R.S. 40:2175.3.
Present law requires the notice to be no smaller than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches,
contain typed bold print in not less than 14 point font, and be printed in English, Louisiana French,
Spanish, and any other languages the ATC commissioner requires.
Present law imposes a penalty for each violation to be enforced by departments exercising regulatory
control or authority over the establishments required to post the hotline information.
Proposed law retains present law and adds requirement that hotels post information of the National
Human Trafficking Hotline in the same location where other employee notices required by law are
posted.
Proposed law defines hotel as any establishment, both public and private, engaged in the business
of furnishing or providing rooms and overnight camping facilities intended or designed for dwelling,
lodging, or sleeping purposes to transient guests and does not encompass any hospital, convalescent
or nursing home or sanitarium, or any hotel-like facility operated by or in connection with a hospital
or medical clinic providing rooms exclusively for patients and their families.
Proposed law provides that the term "hotel" does not include any bed and breakfasts, or camp and
retreat facilities owned and operated by nonprofit organizations exempt from federal income tax
under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code provided that the net revenue derived from the organization's property
is devoted wholly to the nonprofit organization's purposes.
Proposed law defines "bed and breakfast" as a lodging facility having no more than ten guest rooms
where transient guests are fed and lodged for pay. Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 15:541.1(A))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Removes 30 or more room limitation in the definition of "hotel".
2. Excludes "bed and breakfasts" from the definition of "hotel".
3. Adds definition of "bed and breakfast".