PRIA Logo™
LouisianaSB 1062026 Regular SessionSenate

PUBLIC 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)

Sponsored By: Caleb Kleinpeter (Republican)

Signed by Governor

House and Governmental AffairsSenate and Governmental Affairs

Personalized for You

How does this bill affect your finances?

Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to download

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Less public access to sensitive court evidence

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana limits public access to certain copies of recordings, photos, videos, and digital images. The copies must be held by a court clerk after being introduced as evidence in a criminal prosecution. The clerk must determine they show listed sensitive content: autopsies, dead bodies, sexual assault, gruesome injuries, obscene acts, juvenile victims, or patently offensive sexual acts. Listed content also includes a victim’s genitals, pubic hair, anus, vulva, or female breast. The limits do not apply to material voluntarily released, otherwise available to the public, or released by court order.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Caleb Kleinpeter

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 139 • No: 2

House vote • 5/6/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 8 • No: 2

Senate vote • 4/8/2026

Senate 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.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 242.

    5/15/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/15/2026Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/12/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/12/2026House

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/6/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/6/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

    5/5/2026House

  9. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/28/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/27/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (8-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/23/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

    4/14/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    4/13/2026House

  14. Senate 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.

    4/8/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/7/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    4/1/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    2/22/2026Senate

Bill Text

Related Bills

Back to State Legislation