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ACT No. 132
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 283
BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHLEGEL, ADAMS, BAYHAM, BERAULT, BOYD,
BOYER, BRAUD, BRYANT, BUTLER, CARLSON, CARPENTER, ROBBY
CARTER, WILFORD CARTER, CARVER, CHASSION, CHENEVERT, COATES,
COX, CREWS, DAVIS, DEWITT, DICKERSON, DOMANGUE, EDMONSTON,
EGAN, FISHER, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, HEBERT, HORTON, HUGHES,
JACKSON, MIKE JOHNSON, JORDAN, KNOX, LAFLEUR, JACOB LANDRY,
LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MILLER, MOORE, MYERS, OWEN,
RISER, SCHAMERHORN, SELDERS, TAYLOR, VILLIO, WALTERS, WILDER,
WILEY, AND WYBLE AND SENATOR CONNICK
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:1464, relative to commercial driver's instruction; to require commercial
3 driver's training offered by an educational institution or agency include instruction
4 on human trafficking; to require the Board of Regents to establish industry specific
5 anti-trafficking training materials; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:1464 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1464. Commercial driver's curriculum; human trafficking training
9 A. Beginning January 1, 2025, any trade school, community college, agency,
10 public or private school, or person offering instruction in the operation of
11 commercial motor vehicles as part of a commercial motor vehicle driving course
12 curriculum shall include a minimum of thirty minutes of industry specific anti-
13 trafficking training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human
14 trafficking.
15 B. The Board of Regents shall identify and establish industry specific anti-
16 trafficking training materials for use in instruction on the recognition, prevention,
17 and effective reporting of human trafficking by applicants as a requirement to obtain
18 a Class "A", "B", or "C" commercial driver's license. The board may collaborate
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1 with organizations that specialize in and offer training materials on the recognition,
2 prevention, and reporting of human trafficking for commercial truckers. The board
3 shall review and update the training materials to account for changes and trends in
4 human trafficking once every three years, at minimum. The provisions contained in
5 this Subsection shall become effective on August 1, 2024.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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