LouisianaPUBLIC RECORDS: Provides that certain photographs, audio or video recordings, digital images regarding a crime scene or used in a criminal prosecution are not public records available for release or to be copied except by clerk of court or a court order. (8/1/26)
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 15Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 242.Became Law
- May 15Effective date 8/1/2026.
- May 13Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.To Governor
- May 12Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.Minor
- May 12Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 11Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- Vote recorded CONCUR (#682). Result: pass.Upper
- May 6Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#920). Result: pass.Lower
- May 6Received from the House with amendments.Minor
- May 5Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.
- Apr 28Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 27Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- Apr 23Reported with amendments (8-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.Minor
- Apr 14Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Apr 13Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- Apr 8Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#278). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 7Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 1Reported with amendments.Minor
- Mar 9Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Feb 22Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Introduced