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Committee advances bill to bar showing bodies of deceased victims in media; adds law‑enforcement exception
Louisiana House Criminal Justice Committee · April 8, 2026
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Summary
HB 265, which expands video voyeurism prohibitions to include showing the body of a deceased person and clarifies when offender‑registration applies, was amended to add a law‑enforcement exception and reported favorably out of committee.
Lawmakers adopted amendments and reported House Bill 265 favorably after sponsors said the change would prevent families from seeing images of deceased relatives on commercial programming.
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