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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana enacts Ivy Daniels Act criminalizing AI-generated deepfakes and nude images of minors
Last action · June 9, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsors: Bryan Fontenot and 1 other
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana establishes strict criminal penalties for creating, possessing, selling, or sharing artificial intelligence-generated s and nude images depicting minors or students, while requiring public schools to distribute educational materials on these crimes.
Residents face new felony charges and multi-year prison sentences for possessing or sharing unauthorized AI-generated images of individuals under seventeen, and public school principals must ensure students in grade six and above receive informational notices.
- House Bill 119 was enacted during the 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature and signed into law as Act 782. context
- The measure establishes specific legal frameworks to address emerging challenges associated with artificial intelligence technology and digital harassment. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Minors and Students
Their legal protections against the creation, possession, and dissemination of unauthorized artificial intelligence-generated intimate images are established and expanded.
Educators
They face an additional two-year consecutive prison sentence enhancement if convicted of committing these offenses against a student.
Public School Principals
They are required to disseminate educational information on AI-related crimes to students in grade six and above and collect signed parental acknowledgment forms.
Electronic Mail and Interactive Computer Service Providers
They are explicitly exempted from liability under the new unlawful possession statute.
Key Facts
- Creates the new crime of unlawful possession of AI-generated images depicting a person under seventeen who is totally nude or in a state of undress, punishable by up to five years with at least one year served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
- Increases the penalty for unlawful dissemination or sale of AI images from a maximum of six months and a $750 fine to up to one year imprisonment and a $1,000 fine.
- Establishes a mandatory two-year consecutive prison sentence enhancement if the offender is an educator and the victim is a student.
- Requires public school principals to distribute educational information during the first five days of each school year to students in grade six and above regarding AI image dissemination and possession crimes.
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- Requires parents or legal guardians to sign a written form acknowledging receipt and understanding of the AI crime information and return it to the school.
- Mandates that the Louisiana Department of Education develop the required educational information and provide it to each public school governing authority.
- Exempts interactive computer services, electronic mail service providers, and telecommunications service providers from liability under the new unlawful possession statute.
- Applies the new unlawful dissemination, sale, and possession disclosure requirements to charter schools across the state.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
43 actions- Jun 9, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 782.
- Jun 9, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 4, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseFloorConference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 90, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- Jun 1, 2026SenateFloorNotice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1, 2026SenateFloorConference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
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- Jun 1, 2026HouseNotice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- Jun 1, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
- May 31, 2026HouseConference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- May 31, 2026SenateConference committee report received.
- May 31, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2026.
- May 27, 2026HouseHouse conferees appointed: Fontenot, Villio, and Boyer.
- May 27, 2026SenateNotice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- May 26, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- May 26, 2026SenateNotice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- May 26, 2026SenateSenate conference committee members appointed: Hodges, Morris, and Kleinpeter.
- May 26, 2026HouseNotice of Senate conferees appointed.
- May 25, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.
- May 20, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 19, 2026SenateRules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- May 19, 2026SenateFloorSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorSenate floor amendments read and adopted.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 1, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseCalled from the calendar.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseCalled from the calendar.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, returned to the calendar.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseNotice given.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseReported with amendments (12-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 13, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
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Expansion of AI Crime Statutes
The legislature added a brand-new criminal category for the mere possession of AI-generated intimate images of minors, expanding beyond prior laws that only targeted creation or dissemination.
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