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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana law mandates law enforcement sharing of child sexual abuse material evidence with the attorney general and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Last action · May 11, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Kim Carver
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana law now requires investigating law enforcement agencies to provide copies of seized child sexual abuse materials to the in the attorney general's office upon the filing of an . The division must then share those reproductions with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and submit specified case details to prosecutors and the attorney general starting August 1, 2026.
Establishes mandatory evidence-sharing protocols between local law enforcement, the state attorney general's office, and a national missing children's clearinghouse in child sexual abuse material cases, while barring defendants from overturning sentences or filing lawsuits if agencies fail to comply.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
investigating law enforcement agency
Investigating law enforcement agencies must forward seized visual reproductions, coordinate with the attorney general's Internet crimes against children division, and submit specified case and contact information.
Internet crimes against children division within the attorney general's office
The division must route visual reproductions to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, request victim contact information, provide case data, and manage submissions for identified victims.
prosecuting authority
Prosecutors receive law enforcement agency contact information provided by the Child Victim Identification Program for cases involving identified victims.
Key Facts
- Investigating law enforcement agencies must provide copies of seized child sexual abuse materials to the Internet crimes against children division within the attorney general's office upon filing an information or indictment.
- The Internet crimes against children division must provide visual reproductions to the law enforcement agency representative assigned to the Child Victim Identification Program at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
- The Internet crimes against children division must request contact information from the Child Victim Identification Program for any reproductions containing an identified victim.
- Investigating law enforcement agencies must provide case information and visual reproductions to the Child Victim Identification Program in cases involving the production of newly created child sexual abuse materials.
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- Law enforcement must submit contact information provided by the Child Victim Identification Program to the designated prosecutor for cases involving identified victims.
- When an identified victim is a resident of Louisiana, the investigating law enforcement agency must submit case details, defendant demographics, victim biographical information, and agency contact information to the attorney general.
- Failure to comply with these provisions does not invalidate any sentence, plea, conviction, or other final disposition, and individuals cannot bring a cause of action against law enforcement or prosecuting authorities for noncompliance.
- The Act takes effect on August 1, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 11, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate on 5/7/2026.
- May 11, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 65.
- May 11, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 8, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 7, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 7, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- May 6, 2026SenateFloorRead by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
- Apr 13, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 9, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 8, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 1, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (11-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 24, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 24, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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