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LouisianaHB 3202026 Regular SessionHouse

CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Creates the crime of unlawful exposure by an inmate (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Inmate exposure becomes a sex offense

Louisiana adds unlawful exposure by an inmate to the sex-offense definition used for sex offender registration and notification. The classification covers convictions and cases where a court defers or withholds adjudication. Attempts and conspiracies are also included. It covers offenses committed on or after June 18, 1992. Earlier offenses are covered if they resulted in state corrections custody on or after June 18, 1992.

New penalties for inmates exposing intimate parts

Louisiana makes it a crime for adult inmates in adult facilities to expose intimate parts to facility employees. The inmate must intend to arouse or satisfy their own sexual desires, or intimidate or harass the employee. Covered facilities include adult jails, prisons, penitentiaries, temporary holding centers, and detention facilities. Intimate parts include genitals, pubic hair, anus, vulva, and female breast nipples. A first offense carries up to three years in prison, a fine up to $2,500, or both. A second or later conviction carries up to five years, a fine up to $25,000, or both. Prison terms may include hard labor, and every sentence must run after any other sentence already being served.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael "Gabe" Firment

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 114 • No: 26

Senate vote • 5/12/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 26 • No: 8

House vote • 4/9/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 76 • No: 18

House vote • 4/1/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 151.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/14/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/14/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/13/2026House

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/12/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/4/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/28/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    4/14/2026Senate

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/13/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/9/2026House

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

    4/8/2026House

  15. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/7/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (12-0).

    4/1/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    3/9/2026House

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  19. Prefiled.

    2/24/2026House

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    2/24/2026House

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