ENROLLED
ACT No. 635
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 635
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUNTER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:283(A)(1), 283.1(A), and 284(B) and to enact R.S.
3 14:283(G), 283.1(C), and 284(D), relative to crimes affecting public morals; to
4 amend crimes involving the observation and invasion of privacy of another to
5 include the use of unmanned aircraft systems; to define unmanned aircraft systems;
6 and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 14:283(A)(1), 283.1(A), and 284(B) are hereby amended and
9 reenacted and R.S. 14:283(G), 283.1(C), and 284(D) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §283. Video voyeurism; penalties
11 A. Video voyeurism is any of the following:
12 (1) The use of any camera, videotape, photo-optical, photo-electric,
13 unmanned aircraft system, or any other image recording device for the purpose of
14 observing, viewing, photographing, filming, or videotaping a person where that
15 person has not consented to the observing, viewing, photographing, filming, or
16 videotaping and it is for a lewd or lascivious purpose; or.
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18 G. For purposes of this Section, "unmanned aircraft system" means an
19 unmanned, powered aircraft that does not carry a human operator, can be
20 autonomous or remotely piloted or operated, and can be expendable or recoverable.
21 §283.1. Voyeurism; penalties
22 A. Voyeurism is the viewing, observing, spying upon, or invading the
23 privacy of a person by looking or using an umanned aircraft system to look through
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1 the doors, windows, or other openings of a private residence without the consent of
2 the victim who has a reasonable expectation of privacy for the purpose of arousing
3 or gratifying the sexual desires of the offender.
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5 C. For purposes of this Section, "unmanned aircraft system" means an
6 unmanned, powered aircraft that does not carry a human operator, can be
7 autonomous or remotely piloted or operated, and can be expendable or recoverable.
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9 §284. Peeping Tom; penalties
10 * * *
11 B. "Peeping Tom" as used in this Section means one who peeps through
12 windows or doors, or other like places, situated on or about the premises of another
13 or uses an unmanned aircraft system for the purpose of spying upon or invading the
14 privacy of persons spied upon without the consent of the persons spied upon. It is
15 not a necessary element of this offense that the "Peeping Tom" be upon the premises
16 of the person being spied upon.
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18 D. For purposes of this Section, "unmanned aircraft system" means an
19 unmanned, powered aircraft that does not carry a human operator, can be
20 autonomous or remotely piloted or operated, and can be expendable or recoverable.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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