This amendment updates a bill to require people using wearable glasses to record conversations in person must tell everyone involved, while adding specific situations where this rule does not apply.
Louisiana2026Enacted
HB410
Law Requiring Notice Before Recording In-Person Conversations with Wearable Devices
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:26 AM
In one sentence
This new Louisiana law requires people to tell everyone in a conversation if they are using wearable eyeglass recording devices, but it includes many exceptions for police work, public events, and documenting crimes.
What it does
- Requires all participants in an in-person talk to be told before someone uses a wearable eyeglass recording device to film or record them.
- Creates new state laws defining what counts as a direct conversation versus other types of communication.
- Allows people to sue for money damages, court costs, and lawyer fees if their privacy is violated by secret recordings under this rule.
- Exempts police officers, first responders, and undercover operations from the requirement to give notice before recording.
- Permits recording public officials doing their jobs in public places without needing permission.
Who it affects
- People who use wearable eyeglass devices like smart glasses to record conversations with others.
- Individuals involved in private, face-to-face talks where they expect not to be recorded.
- Law enforcement officers and first responders performing their official duties.
Limits and unknowns
- The law does not apply to recordings made by people who are just in the background and not specifically filming someone.
- This rule only covers wearable eyeglass recording devices and may not cover other types of recording tools.
- It is unclear how courts will decide if a specific situation counts as an emergency or first responder activity without more examples.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Direct conversation
- An in-person talk between specific people under circumstances where a normal person would not expect the words or actions to be filmed, recorded, or written down without being told.
- Wearable eyeglass recording device
- Glasses worn on the body that can take video, audio, or notes of a conversation.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Requires notification of all parties to record in-person communication
Official activity
Bill history
- Effective date: 08/01/2026.H
- Becomes Act No. 965 without the Governor's signature.H
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.H
- Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.S
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.H
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 62, nays 27, Senate amendments concurred in.H
- Called from the calendar.H
- Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.H
- Motion to reconsider pending.H
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 46, nays 38, Senate amendments were not concurred in.H
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2026.H
- Received from the Senate with amendments.H
- Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.S
- Called from the Calendar.S
- Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.S
- Rules suspended.S
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.S
- Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.S
- Reported with amendments.S
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.S
Changes
Amendments
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This amendment records the House vote to agree with changes made by the Senate, but it does not explain what those specific rule changes are.
This amendment records the House vote to agree with changes made by the Senate to a bill about recording in-person conversations.
This amendment adds an exception to allow recording or transcribing conversations if the person doing it is not part of that conversation.
This amendment changes the bill to specifically require that only portable devices be used for recording in-person communications.
This amendment adds specific exceptions to the rule requiring notification before recording, allowing police and investigators to record without telling everyone involved.
This amendment changes the rules for recording face-to-face conversations by requiring that everyone be told if a conversation is being recorded, while adding specific exceptions for first responders and people gathering evidence.
This amendment changes the rules for recording face-to-face conversations by requiring that everyone be told if a conversation is being recorded, while adding specific exceptions for first responders and people keeping evidence.
This amendment updates the law so that rules about recording in-person conversations also apply to making videos.
This amendment creates exceptions to notification rules for recording public officials in specific situations and clarifies that people cannot sue unless they prove real harm.
This amendment adds a rule that allows people to record public officials without notifying them if the official is working in a public place or if the recording is needed as evidence for corruption crimes.