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ACT No. 385
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 249
BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON AND SENATOR THOMPSON
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:542.1(D), relative to sex offender registration and notification; to provide2
relative to sex offender notification requirements; to require certain sex offenders3
and child predators to provide notification for certain networking websites; to4
provide for the contents of such notification; to provide for definitions; and to5
provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 15:542.1(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง542.1. Notification of sex offenders and child predators9
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D.(1) Any person who is required to register pursuant to the provisions of11
this Chapter, who is otherwise not prohibited from using a networking website, and12
who creates a profile or who uses the functionality of a networking website to13
contact or attempt to contact other networking website users shall include in his14
profile for the networking website an indication that he is a sex offender or child15
predator and shall include notice of the crime for which he was convicted, the16
jurisdiction of conviction, a description of his physical characteristics as required by17
this Section, and his residential address. The person shall ensure that this18
information is displayed in his profile for the networking website and that such19
information is visible to, or is able to be viewed by, other users and visitors of the20
networking website.21
(2)(a) For purposes of this Subsection, "networking website" means an22
Internet website, the purpose of which is social interaction with other networking23
website users, which contains profile web pages of the members of the website that24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 249
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include the names or nicknames of such members, that allows photographs and any1
other personal or personally identifying information to be placed on the profile web2
pages by such members, and which provides links to other profile web pages on the3
networking website of friends or associates of such members that can be accessed4
by other members or visitors to the website. A networking website provides5
members of, or visitors to, such website the ability to leave messages or comments6
on the profile web page that are visible to all or some visitors to the profile web page7
and may also include a form of electronic mail for members of the networking8
website.9
(b) For purposes of this Subsection, "networking website" shall not include10
any of the following:11
(i) An Internet website the primary purpose of which is the facilitation of12
commercial transactions involving goods or services between its members or13
visitors.14
(ii) An Internet website the primary purpose of which is the dissemination15
of news.16
(iii) An Internet website of a governmental entity.17
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: