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ACT No. 630
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 612
BY REPRESENTATIVES STOKES, BACALA, BAGNERIS, TERRY BROWN,
CARPENTER, CONNICK, FALCONER, LANCE HARRIS, HAZEL, HODGES,
HOWARD, HUNTER, IVEY, JORDAN, MACK, MARCELLE, JAY MORRIS,
NORTON, PYLANT, RICHARD, STAGNI, AND STEFANSKI
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:283(A)(1) and to enact R.S. 14:283(H), relative to offenses
3 affecting public morals; to provide relative to the crimes of video voyeurism; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:283(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 14:283(H)
7 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง283. Video voyeurism; penalties
9 A. Video voyeurism is any of the following:
10 (1) The use of any camera, videotape, photo-optical, photo-electric,
11 unmanned aircraft system, or any other image recording device, or an unmanned
12 aircraft system equipped with any camera, videotape, photo-optical, photo-electric,
13 or any other image recording device, for the purpose of observing, viewing,
14 photographing, filming, or videotaping a person where that person has not consented
15 to the specific instance of observing, viewing, photographing, filming, or videotaping
16 and either:
17 (a) it It is for a lewd or lascivious purpose.
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1 (b) The observing, viewing, photographing, filming, or videotaping is as
2 described in Paragraph(B)(3) of this Section and occurs in a place where an
3 identifiable person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
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5 H. This Section shall not apply to any bona fide news or public interest
6 broadcast, website, video, report, or event and shall not be construed to affect the
7 rights of any news-gathering organization.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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