# Louisiana

Every law and rule change USCLI tracks for Louisiana, across the professions, on one page. Each entry links to its full write-up and official sources.

Source: https://uscli.org/states/louisiana

## Licensing Ledger

Louisiana licenses private investigation agencies and investigators through the State Board of Private Investigator Examiners. In 2024 the Legislature raised license and exam fees, removed “crimes of moral turpitude” from the licensing bar, and created a licensing route for Louisiana residents licensed in other states. A 2025 executive order put most of the Board’s rules up for review, with at least half due by the end of 2025 and the rest by the end of 2026.

[Full Louisiana page: every change, its sources, and what has not changed](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/louisiana) (12 entries).

- Jan 1, 2027 — **[Louisiana Data Privacy Act takes effect](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/louisiana#act-502-2026)** — Act No. 502 (SB 386), 2026 Regular Session — Enacts a consumer data privacy law at La. R.S. 51:1780.1 to 1780.5. It applies only to businesses with annual gross revenue over $25 million, or that each year buy, receive, sell, or share the personal information of 75,000 or more consumers, households,…
- Aug 1, 2026 — **[Notice required before recording with camera glasses](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/louisiana#act-965-2026)** — Act No. 965 (HB 410), 2026 Regular Session — Adds La. R.S. 9:2790.1 to 2790.4, which bar a participant in a direct conversation from using wearable camera eyeglasses to record or transcribe it unless all participants are notified; a person who is not a participant is not covered. Exceptions include…
- Aug 1, 2026 — **[Limits on boards recovering attorney fees after a licensee’s offer](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/louisiana#act-939-2026)** — Act No. 939 (SB 131), 2026 Regular Session — Adds La. R.S. 37:21(D): when a licensing board’s disciplinary case ends with the licensee as the prevailing party after a written offer of judgment, the board may not collect attorney fees or costs it incurred after the offer, and the subsection overrides…
- Jan 20, 2026 — **[State Police background-check access widened beyond investigators](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/louisiana#lac-55-2026)** — Final rule, LAC 55:I.205 (LR 52:66-67) — Licensed Louisiana private investigators remain eligible to be approved as an “authorized agency” to request criminal history checks on licensed ambulance personnel and nonlicensed persons for employers under R.S. 40:1203.1 and following (LAC…
- Aug 1, 2025 — **[Tracking device exceptions withdrawn in protective order cases](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/louisiana#act-225-2025)** — Act No. 225 (HB 74), 2025 Regular Session — Adds La. R.S. 14:323(E): the exceptions in Subsection C, including vehicle owner consent, do not apply when an individual with an ownership interest has been granted a protective order (R.S. 46:2136) or temporary restraining order (R.S. 46:2135), or when a…

## Officer Ledger

The Officer Ledger has not published a Louisiana page yet. [See the states it covers](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker).

## Forensic Ledger

The Forensic Ledger has not published a Louisiana page yet. [See the states it covers](https://uscli.org/forensic-science-tracker).