RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 130 (HB 175) 2024 Regular Session McMakin
Existing law provides that it shall be unlawful for a person who is either a principal or
accessory to a crime to obtain an image of the commission of the crime using any type of
image recording device and to transfer that image through any means of electronic
communication for the purpose of gaining notoriety, publicity, or the attention of the public.
New law adds live-stream or video of the commission of the crime as additional items that
are unlawful to obtain or transfer.
Existing law provides exceptions to this offense when the obtaining, use, or transference is
by the following:
(1)A telephone company, cable television company, or any of its affiliates, an Internet
provider, or commercial online service provider, or to the carrying, broadcasting, or
performing of related activities in providing telephone, cable television, Internet, or
commercial online services or in the production, exhibition, or presentation of an
audiovisual work in any medium, including but not limited to a motion picture or
television program.
(2)A law enforcement officer pursuant to investigation of criminal activity.
(3)Any bona fide member of the news media broadcasting a news report through
television, cable television, or other telecommunication.
New law adds the obtaining, use, or transference of live-stream or video to these exceptions.
New law defines the term "live-stream".
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 14:107.4(A) and (C); Adds R.S. 14:107.4(F))