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ACT No. 65
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 138
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHLEGEL
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:283.2(A)(1) and (4) and (B)(3) and to enact R.S.
3 14:283.2(C)(5), relative to the nonconsensual disclosure of a private image; to
4 provide relative to the offense of nonconsensual disclosure of a private image; to
5 provide relative to the elements of the offense of nonconsensual disclosure of a
6 private image; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; and to provide
7 for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 14:283.2(A)(1) and (4) and (B)(3) are hereby amended and reenacted
10 and R.S. 14:283.2(C)(5) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 ยง283.2. Nonconsensual disclosure of a private image
12 A. A person commits the offense of nonconsensual disclosure of a private
13 image when all of the following occur:
14 (1) The person intentionally discloses an image of another person who is
15 seventeen years of age or older, who is identifiable from the image or information
16 displayed in connection with the image, and either whose intimate parts are exposed
17 in whole or in part or who is engaged in sexual conduct.
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19 (4) The person who discloses the image has the intent to harass or cause
20 emotional distress to the person in the image, and the person who commits the
21 offense knew or should have known that the disclosure could harass or cause
22 emotional distress to the person in the image.
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1 B. Disclosure of an image under any of the following circumstances does not
2 constitute commission of the offense defined in Subsection A of this Section:
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4 (3) When the person depicted in the image voluntarily or knowingly exposed
5 his or her intimate parts or engaged in sexual conduct in a public setting.
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7 C. For purposes of this Section:
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9 (5) "Sexual conduct" means actual or simulated vaginal, anal, or oral sexual
10 intercourse, deviant sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation,
11 sadomasochistic abuse, or exhibition of the genitals.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
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