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Pylant (HB 530) Act No. 177
Existing law provides for the crimes of crime against nature and aggravated crime against
nature.
Prior law provided for the crimes of incest and aggravated incest.
New law repeals the crime of incest and places the elements and penalties for this crime into
the existing law offense of crime against nature.
New law repeals the crime of aggravated incest and places the elements and penalties for this
crime into the existing law offense of aggravated crime against nature.
New law directs the La. State Law Institute to change all references in La. law from "incest"
to "crime against nature" and from "aggravated incest" to "aggravated crime against nature"
to reflect the changes made in new law.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 14:89(A) and (B) and 89.1; Repeals R.S. 14:78 and 78.1)