ENROLLED
ACT No. 186
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 222
BY REPRESENTATIVE STEFANSKI
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:81.4(A)(2) and to enact R.S. 14:81.3(A)(5), 81.4(B)(5), and
3 283(A)(3), relative to certain sex offenses against minors; to provide relative to the
4 use of technology in the commission of the offense; to provide definitions; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:81.4(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
8 14:81.3(A)(5), 81.4(B)(5), and 283(A)(3) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §81.3. Computer-aided solicitation of a minor
10 A.
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12 (5) It shall also be a violation of the provisions of this Section when a person
13 seventeen years of age or older knowingly uses another individual who is seventeen
14 years of age or older to contact or communicate with a person who has not yet
15 attained the age of seventeen and there is an age difference of greater than two years
16 between the person contacted and the offender or a person reasonably believed to
17 have not yet attained the age of seventeen and reasonably believed to be at least two
18 years younger than the offender, for the purpose of or with the intent to engage in
19 any of the conduct proscribed by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
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21 §81.4. Prohibited sexual conduct between educator and student
22 A. Prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and a student is
23 committed when any of the following occur:
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25 (2) An educator commits any lewd or lascivious act upon a student or in the
26 virtual or physical presence of a student who is seventeen years of age or older, but
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1 less than twenty-one years of age, where there is an age difference of greater than
2 four years between the two persons, with the intention of gratifying the sexual
3 desires of either person, when the victim is a student at the school in which the
4 educator is assigned, employed, or working at the time of the offense.
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6 B. As used in this Section:
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8 (5) "Virtual" means carried out, accessed, or stored by means of a computer
9 or the exchange of digital media over any network.
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11 §283. Video voyeurism; penalties
12 A. Video voyeurism is any of the following:
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14 (3) The manipulation of a victim who has not yet attained the age of
15 seventeen or who is reasonably believed to have not yet attained the age of seventeen
16 to use any camera, videotape, photo-optical, photo-electric, or any other image
17 recording device or an unmanned aircraft system equipped with any camera,
18 videotape, photo-optical, photo-electric, or any other image recording device to
19 photograph, film, or videotape oneself to send to the person manipulating the victim
20 for a lewd or lascivious purpose.
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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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