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ACT No. 8382026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 784
BY REPRESENTATIVES COX AND DICKERSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:541(24)(a), (25)(b) through (o), 542(C)(1)(introductory
3 paragraph) and (2), 542.1(A)(introductory paragraph) and (2)(a) and (c) and (d), and
4 543.1, R.S. 32:412(I)(1), (2), (4), and (5), and R.S. 40:1321(J), to enact R.S.
5 15:541(25)(p) and (q), 542.1(A)(2)(e), and 542.1.2(A)(5) and R.S. 32:412(I)(6), and
6 to repeal R.S. 15:542.1(A)(1)(e), relative to sex offender registration and notification
7 requirements; to provide relative to criminal offenses that constitute a sex offense
8 and sexual offenses against a victim who is a minor; to provide relative to sex
9 offender registration and notification requirements and procedures; provides relative
10 to duties of offenders; provides for corresponding changes to the form that the courts
11 use for written notification; to provide relative to identification procedures for sex
12 offenders; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
14 Section 1. R.S. 15:541(24)(a), (25)(b) through (o), 542(C)(1)(introductory
15 paragraph) and (2), 542.1(A)(introductory paragraph) and (2)(a) and (c) and (d), and 543.1
16 are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 15:541(25)(p) and (q), 542.1(A)(2)(e), and
17 542.1.2(A)(5) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
18 §541. Definitions
19 For the purposes of this Chapter, the definitions of terms in this Section shall
20 apply:
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1 (24)(a) "Sex offense" means deferred adjudication, adjudication withheld,
2 or conviction for the perpetration or attempted perpetration of or conspiracy to
3 commit human trafficking when prosecuted under the provisions of R.S.
4 14:46.2(B)(2), R.S. 14:46.3 (trafficking of children for sexual purposes), R.S.
5 14:73.13(A) or (B)(2) (unlawful deepfakes), R.S. 14:89 (crime against nature), R.S.
6 14:89.1 (aggravated crime against nature), R.S. 14:89.2(B)(3) (crime against nature
7 by solicitation), R.S. 14:80 (felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile), R.S. 14:81
8 (indecent behavior with juveniles), R.S. 14:81.1 (pornography involving juveniles)
9 which occurred prior to August 1, 2025, R.S. 14:81.2 (molestation of a juvenile or
10 a person with a physical or mental disability), R.S. 14:81.3 (computer-aided
11 solicitation of a minor), R.S. 14:81.4 (prohibited sexual conduct between an educator
12 and student), R.S. 14:82.1 (prostitution; persons under eighteen), R.S. 14:82.2(C)(4)
13 or (5) (purchase of commercial sexual activity), R.S. 14:83(B)(2) or (3) (soliciting
14 for prostitutes), R.S. 14:92(A)(7) (contributing to the delinquency of juveniles), R.S.
15 14:93.5 (sexual battery of persons with infirmities), R.S. 14:106(A)(5) (obscenity by
16 solicitation of a person under the age of seventeen), R.S. 14:283 (video voyeurism),
17 R.S. 14:41 (rape), R.S. 14:42 (aggravated or first degree rape), R.S. 14:42.1 (forcible
18 or second degree rape), R.S. 14:43 (simple or third degree rape), R.S. 14:43.1 (sexual
19 battery), R.S. 14:43.2 (second degree sexual battery), R.S. 14:43.3 (oral sexual
20 battery), R.S. 14:43.5 (intentional exposure to HIV), a second or subsequent
21 conviction of R.S. 14:283.1 (voyeurism), or a second or subsequent conviction of
22 R.S. 14:89.3 (sexual abuse of an animal), committed on or after June 18, 1992, or
23 committed prior to June 18, 1992, if the person, as a result of the offense, is under
24 the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections on or after June 18,
25 1992. A conviction for any offense provided in this definition includes a conviction
26 for the offense under the laws of another state, or military, territorial, foreign, tribal,
27 or federal law which is equivalent to an offense provided for in this Chapter, unless
28 the tribal court or foreign conviction was not obtained with sufficient safeguards for
29 fundamental fairness and due process for the accused as provided by the federal
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1 guidelines adopted pursuant to the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2 2006.
3 * * *
4 (25) "Sexual offense against a victim who is a minor" means a conviction for
5 the perpetration or attempted perpetration of, or conspiracy to commit, any of the
6 following:
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8 (b) Oral sexual battery when the victim is under the age of eighteen (R.S.
9 14:43.3).
10 (c) Aggravated crime against nature as defined by R.S. 14:89.1(A)(2) under
11 the circumstances not listed as those which constitute an "aggravated offense" as
12 defined in this Section. Unlawful deepfakes depicting a minor in violation of R.S.
13 14:73.13(A) or (B)(2).
14 (d) Indecent behavior with a juvenile when prosecuted under the provisions
15 of R.S. 14:81(H)(2) and the victim is under the age of thirteen.
16 (d) (e)(i) Pornography involving juveniles (R.S. 14:81.1), which occurred
17 prior to August 1, 2025.
18 (ii) Child sexual abuse materials (R.S. 14:81.1), which occurred on or after
19 August 1, 2025.
20 (e) (f) Molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental
21 disability (R.S. 14:81.2), except when prosecuted under the provisions of R.S.
22 14:81.2(C)(1), (D)(1), or (D)(2).
23 (f) (g) Computer-aided solicitation of a minor (R.S. 14:81.3).
24 (g) (h) Prostitution; persons under eighteen (R.S. 14:82.1).
25 (h) Enticing minors into prostitution (R.S. 14:86).
26 (i) Pandering in violation of R.S. 14:84(1), (3), (5), and (6).
27 (j) Soliciting for prostitutes when the persons being solicited for prostitution
28 are under the age of eighteen years (R.S. 14:83).
29 (k) Inciting prostitution when the prostitution involves persons under the age
30 of eighteen years (R.S. 14:83.1).
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1 (l) Promoting prostitution when the prostitution being promoted involves
2 persons under the age of eighteen years (R.S. 14:83.2).
3 (m) Operation of places of prostitution when the prostitution involves
4 persons under the age of eighteen years (R.S. 14:282).
5 (n) Crime against nature prosecuted under the provisions of R.S. 14:89 other
6 than R.S. 14:89(B)(2) or (3) and the victim of the offense has not attained the age of
7 eighteen.
8 (i) Soliciting for prostitutes when the persons being solicited for prostitution
9 are under the age of eighteen years (R.S. 14:83).
10 (j) Inciting prostitution when the prostitution involves persons under the age
11 of eighteen years (R.S. 14:83.1).
12 (k) Promoting prostitution when the prostitution being promoted involves
13 persons under the age of eighteen years (R.S. 14:83.2).
14 (l) Pandering in violation of R.S. 14:84(1), (3), (5), or (6).
15 (m) Enticing minors into prostitution (R.S. 14:86).
16 (n) Crime against nature prosecuted under the provisions of R.S. 14:89 other
17 than R.S. 14:89(B)(2) or (3) and the victim of the offense has not attained the age of
18 eighteen.
19 (o) Aggravated crime against nature as defined by R.S. 14:89.1(A)(2) under
20 the circumstances not listed as those which constitute an "aggravated offense" as
21 defined in this Section.
22 (p) Operation of places of prostitution when the prostitution involves persons
23 under the age of eighteen years (R.S. 14:282).
24 (o) (q) Any conviction for an offense under the laws of another state, or
25 military, territorial, foreign, tribal, or federal law which is equivalent to the offenses
26 listed in Subparagraphs (a) through (n) (p) of this Paragraph.
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28 §542. Registration of sex offenders and child predators
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1 C.(1) The offender shall register and provide all of the following information
2 to the appropriate law enforcement agencies listed in Subsection B of this Section
3 in accordance with the time periods provided for in this Subsection:
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5 (2) Unless an earlier time period is specified in the provisions of Paragraph
6 (1) of this Subsection, every offender required to register in accordance with this
7 Section shall appear in person and provide the information required by Paragraph (1)
8 of this Subsection to the appropriate law enforcement agencies within three business
9 days of establishing residence in Louisiana. If the offender is a current resident of
10 Louisiana and is not immediately taken into custody or incarcerated after conviction
11 or adjudication, he shall provide the information on the date of conviction to the
12 sheriffs of the parish where the offender was convicted or adjudicated for the offense
13 that requires registration pursuant to this Chapter and shall, within three business
14 days after conviction or adjudication, provide the information to the sheriff of the
15 parishes of the offender's residence, employment, and school. If incarcerated
16 immediately after conviction or placed in a secure facility immediately after
17 adjudication for the offense that requires registration pursuant to this Chapter, the
18 information required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be provided to the
19 secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, or his designee, or the
20 deputy secretary for youth services, or his designee, whichever has custody of the
21 offender, within ten days prior to release from confinement. Once released from the
22 initial period of confinement for the offense that requires registration pursuant to this
23 Chapter, every offender shall appear in person within three business days to register
24 with the appropriate law enforcement agencies pursuant to the provision of this
25 Section. The offender shall register with the sheriff of the parish in which where the
26 residence address he initially supplied to the Department of Public Safety and
27 Corrections is located, unless his residence address has changed and he has
28 registered with the sheriff of the parish in which where his new residence address is
29 located.
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1 §542.1. Notification of sex offenders and child predators
2 A. Any adult residing in this state who has pled guilty to, has been convicted
3 of, or where adjudication has been deferred or withheld for the perpetration or
4 attempted perpetration of, or conspiracy to commit, a sex offense as defined in R.S.
5 15:541 or a criminal offense against a minor as defined in R.S. 15:541 shall be
6 required to provide the following notifications:
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8 (2)(a) Give notice of the crime for which he was convicted, his name,
9 jurisdiction of conviction, a description of his physical characteristics as required by
10 this Section, and his physical address by mail to all people residing within the
11 designated area within twenty-one days of the date of conviction, if the offender is
12 not taken into custody at the time of conviction, or within twenty-one days of the
13 date of release from the initial period of confinement for the offense that requires
14 registration pursuant to this Chapter or within twenty-one days of establishing
15 residency in the locale where the offender plans to have his domicile, and the notice
16 shall be published on two separate days within the applicable period provided for
17 herein, without cost to the state, in the official journal of the governing authority of
18 the parish where the defendant plans to reside and, if ordered by the sheriff or police
19 department or required by local ordinance, in a newspaper which meets the
20 requirements of R.S. 43:140(3) for qualification as an official journal and which has
21 a larger or smaller circulation in the parish than the official journal. The notice
22 provided to the official journal or other designated newspaper pursuant to this
23 Subparagraph shall also include a recent photograph of the offender or a clear
24 photocopy of a recent photograph of the offender.
25 * * *
26 (c) After initial notifications are completed, if the offender is subsequently
27 arrested for any reason or involuntarily committed to confinement in a mental health
28 facility, and is held for more than thirty days but returns to the same residence
29 address that was registered prior to arrest or confinement, it shall not be necessary
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1 to renew community notifications unless five years have elapsed since his last
2 notifications were sent as required by Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.
3 (c) (d) The sheriff or police department may order that the notice be
4 published in a newspaper which meets the requirements of R.S. 43:140(3) for
5 qualification as an official journal and which has a larger circulation in the parish
6 than the official journal.
7 (d) (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this
8 Paragraph, persons convicted of R.S. 14:92(A)(7) shall not be required to publish
9 notice of the crime for which they were convicted in the official journal or any
10 newspaper required by those Subparagraphs.
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12 §542.1.2. Duty of offenders to notify law enforcement of change of address,
13 residence, or other registration information
14 A. Unless an earlier time period is otherwise specified in the provisions of
15 this Chapter, those persons required to register pursuant to the provisions of this
16 Chapter shall appear in person at the sheriff's office in the parish of residence, or the
17 police department in the case of a municipality with a population in excess of three
18 hundred thousand, where the offender is currently registered to update information
19 registration within three business days of establishing a new or additional physical
20 residential address or of changes in information previously provided when any of the
21 following occur:
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23 (5) The offender, after initial registration, is subsequently arrested for any
24 reason or involuntarily committed to confinement in a mental health facility and is
25 held for more than thirty days in the prison or mental health facility.
26 (i) If the offender is returning to the same residence address that was
27 registered prior to arrest or confinement, it shall not be necessary to renew
28 community notifications unless five years have elapsed since his last notifications
29 were sent as required by R.S. 15:542.1.
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1 (ii) The offender shall provide, in writing, his intended residence address to
2 the institution where he is incarcerated or confined within three days prior to release.
3 Prior to the release of the offender, the institution shall forward the intended
4 residence of the offender to the sheriff's office in the parish where the institution is
5 located for inclusion in the Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry.
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7 §543.1. Written notification by the courts; form to be used
8 STATE V. ______________ ______ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
9 DOCKET # __________ PARISH OF ___________________
10 DIVISION ______ STATE OF LOUISIANA
11 Notification to Sex Offender
12 In accordance with R.S. 15:543, this court has the duty to provide
13 _______________________ (name of offender) with the information necessary for
14 awareness of sex offender and child predator registration and notification
15 requirements as well as any applicable requirements of supervised release pursuant
16 to Chapter 3-E of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
17 _______________________ has pled guilty to, been found guilty of, or been
18 adjudicated delinquent of a violation of Title 14, Section ____ Subsection ____ of
19 the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. This crime of conviction or adjudication is:
20 ( ) Under R.S. 15:541, defined as an aggravated offense or, with regard to
21 offenders adjudicated as juveniles, an offense listed in R.S. 15:542(A)(3) which,
22 pursuant to R.S. 15:544(B)(2)(a) or (b), requires lifetime registration and notification
23 under Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
24 ( ) A second conviction for an offense requiring registration and notification
25 under the provisions of Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of
26 1950 which, pursuant to R.S. 15:544(B)(2)(c), requires lifetime registration and
27 notification under Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
28 ( ) Under R.S. 15:541, defined as a sexual offense against a victim who is
29 a minor which, pursuant to R.S. 15:544(B)(1), requires 25 years of registration and
30 notification under Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
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1 ( ) Is defined neither as an aggravated offense nor a sexual offense against
2 a victim who is a minor under R.S. 15:541 which, pursuant to R.S. 15:544(A),
3 requires 15 years of registration and notification under Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the
4 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
5 The above registration and notification periods shall begin to toll from the
6 date you are released from prison, from the date of being placed on parole,
7 supervised release or probation, or from the date of your conviction, if you are not
8 sentenced to a term of imprisonment or jail. Additionally, you have been convicted
9 of:
10 ( ) An aggravated offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 or more than one
11 conviction of an offense that requires registration pursuant to R.S. 15:542 and
12 544(B)(2)(c), you must update your registration, in person, every ninety days from
13 the date of initial registration, with the appropriate law enforcement agencies as
14 provided in R.S. 15:542.
15 ( ) A sexual offense involving a victim who is a minor as defined in R.S.
16 15:541, you must update your registration, in person, every six months from the date
17 of initial registration, with the appropriate law enforcement agencies as provided in
18 R.S. 15:542.
19 ( ) An offense not defined in R.S. 15:541 as an aggravated offense or a
20 sexual offense involving a victim who is a minor, you must update your registration,
21 in person, annually from the date of initial registration, with the appropriate law
22 enforcement agencies as provided in R.S. 15:542.
23 Additionally, if the offense that requires registration as a sex offender
24 involves a victim under the age of thirteen and you are incarcerated as a result of the
25 conviction for that offense, you are advised that you will be subjected to supervised
26 release under Chapter 3-E of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 once
27 you are released from incarceration. A copy of these statutes are provided to you
28 with this notification.
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1 Based on the foregoing, you are hereby notified of the following:
2 (1) That you, within three (3) business days of establishing residence in
3 Louisiana or if a current resident, within three (3) business days after conviction or
4 adjudication if not immediately incarcerated or taken into custody, or within three
5 (3) business days after release from confinement, shall obtain and provide the
6 following information to each sheriff or police department in accordance with R.S.
7 15:542(B) (except in Orleans Parish where registration shall take place with the New
8 Orleans Police Department):
9 (a) Name and any aliases used by you.
10 (b) Physical address or addresses of residence.
11 (c) Name and physical address of place of employment. If you do not have
12 a fixed place of employment, you shall provide information with as much specificity
13 as possible regarding the places where you work, including but not limited to travel
14 routes used by you.
15 (d) Name and physical address of the school in which where you are a
16 student.
17 (e) Two forms of proof of residence for each residential address provided,
18 including but not limited to a driver's license, bill for utility service, and bill for
19 telephone service. If those forms of proof of residence are not available, you may
20 provide an affidavit of an adult resident living at the same address. The affidavit
21 shall certify that the affiant understands his obligation to provide written notice
22 pursuant to R.S. 15:542.1.4 to the appropriate law enforcement agency with whom
23 you last registered when you no longer reside at the residence provided in the
24 affidavit.
25 (f) The crime for which you were convicted and the date and place of such
26 conviction, and if known by you, the court in which where the conviction was
27 obtained, the docket number of the case, the specific statute under which you were
28 convicted, and the sentence imposed.
29 (g) A current photograph, fingerprints, palm prints, and a DNA sample.
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1 (h) Telephone numbers, including fixed location phone and mobile phone
2 numbers assigned to you or associated with your residence address.
3 (i) A description of every motorized vehicle registered to or operated by you,
4 including license plate number and vehicle identification number, and a copy of your
5 driver's license and identification card. This information should always be provided
6 before the vehicle is operated and, if the vehicle is registered to you, no more than
7 three days after the vehicle is registered, even if it has not yet been operated.
8 (j) Social security number and date of birth.
9 (k) A description of your physical characteristics, including but not limited
10 to sex, race, hair color, eye color, height, age, weight, scars, tattoos, or other
11 identifying marks on your body.
12 (l) Every e-mail address, online screen name, or other online identity,
13 including any static IP addresses, used by you to communicate on the Internet.
14 (m)(i) Temporary lodging information regarding any place where you plan
15 to stay for seven or more days and the length of the stay. This information shall be
16 provided at least three days prior to the date of departure unless an emergency
17 situation has prevented the timely disclosure of the information.
18 (ii) Temporary lodging information regarding international travel shall be
19 provided regardless of the number of days or nights you plan to stay. This
20 information shall be provided at least twenty-one days prior to the date of departure
21 unless an emergency situation has prevented the timely disclosure of the information.
22 Upon receipt of this information by the bureau from the law enforcement agency,
23 this information shall then be sent by the bureau to the United States Marshals
24 Service's National Sex Offender Targeting Center for transmission to the proper
25 authorities.
26 (n) Travel and immigration documents, including but not limited to passports
27 and documents establishing immigration status.
28 (o) A state sex offender identification card from the office of motor vehicles.
29 (2) You shall register with the sheriff and police chief in each parish and
30 municipality where you maintain your residence(s) and with the sheriff of the parish
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1 in which where you are employed and attend school in accordance with R.S. 15:542.
2 For initial registration only, you, if you are not immediately taken into physical
3 custody, shall register on the date of conviction or adjudication with the sheriff in the
4 parish of your conviction or adjudication in accordance with R.S. 15:542. If you
5 live, work, or attend school in Orleans Parish, however, you shall register with the
6 New Orleans Police Department and not with the sheriff of that parish.
7 (3) If you are incarcerated as a result of the crime, you shall provide all
8 information listed in Paragraph (1) of this Section to the Department of Public Safety
9 and Corrections, or if a juvenile, to the office of juvenile justice, within ten (10) days
10 prior to release from confinement. You shall still appear in person at the sheriff's
11 office within three (3) business days of release from confinement. You shall register
12 with the sheriff of the parish in which where the residence address you initially
13 supplied to the department is located, unless the residence has changed and you have
14 registered with the sheriff of the parish in which where the new residence address is
15 located.
16 (4) During the declaration of an emergency, if you enter an emergency
17 shelter you shall, within the first twenty-four (24) hours of admittance, notify the
18 management of the facility, the chief of police of the municipality, and the sheriff of
19 the parish in which where the shelter is located of your sex offender status in
20 accordance with R.S. 15:543.2 and R.S. 29:726(E)(14)(c) through (e).
21 (5) You have a duty to provide notice of change of address or other
22 registration information to the sheriff of the parish of residence within three business
23 days. If the new or additional residence is located in a different parish, then you
24 must register with the sheriff of the parish in which where the new or additional
25 residence is located. You shall also send written notice within three business days
26 of re-registering in the new parish to the sheriff of the parish of former registration
27 in accordance with R.S. 15:542.1.2. If the new address is situated within a
28 municipality, you must also register with the police department of that municipality
29 within three business days of establishing the residence.
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1 (6) You shall give notice of the crime for which you were convicted, your
2 name, address, a physical description, and a photograph to the following in
3 accordance with R.S. 15:542.1:
4 (a) At least one person in every residence or business within a one-mile
5 radius in a rural area and a three-tenths of a mile radius in an urban or suburban area
6 of the address of the residence where you will reside upon release, including all adult
7 residents of your residence.
8 (b) The superintendent of the school district where you will reside.
9 (c) The lessor, landlord, or owner of the residence or the property on which
10 you reside.
11 (d) The superintendent of the park, playground, and recreation districts
12 within the designated area where you will reside only if the victim was under
13 eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.
14 *Any person convicted of a violation of R.S. 14:89 shall not have to include
15 a photograph in the notice described in Paragraph (6).
16 *Juveniles adjudicated for a crime requiring registration DO NOT have to
17 provide this community notice.
18 (7) In accordance with R.S. 15:542.1, community notification shall be given
19 by mail within twenty-one days of the date of conviction, if you are not taken into
20 custody at the time of conviction, and within twenty-one days of the date of release
21 from confinement if sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the conviction of the
22 sex offense. This notification shall also occur within twenty-one days of each time
23 you change residence within twenty-one days of establishing residency in the new
24 locale. This notification shall also occur at least every five years, whether or not you
25 change residences. This notification shall occur in each jurisdiction in which where
26 you regularly reside.
27 *Juveniles adjudicated for a crime requiring registration DO NOT have to
28 provide this community notice.
29 (8) In accordance with R.S. 15:542.1, community notice shall be published
30 on two (2) separate days within this period in the official journal of the governing
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1 authority of the parish where you plan to reside, unless ordered to be published in a
2 different journal or newspaper by the sheriff or local ordinance.
3 *Those convicted of R.S. 14:92(A)(7) are not required to publish notice in
4 the newspaper or official journal as provided in Paragraph (8).
5 *Juveniles who are adjudicated for a crime requiring registration DO NOT
6 have to provide this community notice.
7 (9) In accordance with R.S. 15:542.1(B), an offender who provides
8 recreational instruction to persons under the age of seventeen (17) shall post a notice
9 in the building or facility where such instruction is being given. This notice shall
10 contain your name and photograph, the date and jurisdiction of conviction, and the
11 crime for which you were convicted.
12 (10) In accordance with R.S. 15:542(C)(2), you must, within ten (10) days
13 prior to release from a correctional facility, provide a photograph and all other
14 required registration information to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections,
15 or if a juvenile, to the office of juvenile justice for purposes of the State Sex
16 Offender and Child Predator Registry. Providing false information during this
17 process constitutes failure to register exposing you to prosecution and the penalties
18 detailed at the end of this document. The address provided to the Department of
19 Public Safety and Corrections through this process shall be presumed to be your
20 residence address. In accordance with R.S. 15:542(C)(2), you must register with the
21 sheriff of the parish in which where this address is located within three business days
22 of your release from confinement, whether or not you actually establish a residence
23 there, unless you establish a residence elsewhere AND register with that jurisdiction
24 within three business days of your release from confinement. Failure to do so is a
25 violation of the registration statutes and will subject you to prosecution under R.S.
26 15:542.1.4.
27 (11) In accordance with R.S. 15:542.1.2, if you change your place of
28 residence or establish a new or additional residence, you shall appear in person at the
29 office of the sheriff of your parish of residence where you are currently registered
30 within three (3) business days of the change to register the new address. If the new
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1 address is located in a different parish, then you shall also appear in person at the
2 office of the sheriff of your new parish of residence within the same time period. If
3 your parish of residence is in Orleans Parish, then the registration shall take place at
4 the New Orleans Police Department and not with the Orleans Parish Sheriff.
5 (12) In accordance with R.S. 15:542.1.2, if you are absent from your current
6 address of registration for more than thirty (30) consecutive days or an aggregate of
7 thirty (30) days or more in a calendar year, and are physically present at another
8 address during that same period of time, you shall register in person the new address
9 as one of your addresses of residence. If the new address is in a parish different from
10 your current address, you shall also register in person with the sheriff of the new
11 parish within three (3) business days of the tolling of the time periods listed. This
12 requirement notwithstanding, you shall still notify the sheriff of one of your parishes
13 of residence in person if you are to take up temporary lodging for seven (7) or more
14 days. It is only after the thirty-day limit is exceeded that the new registration shall
15 occur.
16 (13) You shall also appear in person at the office of the sheriff of any of your
17 parishes of residence when there is a change in your name, place of employment, or
18 enrollment. This appearance shall occur within three (3) business days of the
19 change. If your address of residence is in Orleans Parish, this registration update
20 shall take place at the New Orleans Police Department and not with the Orleans
21 Parish Sheriff's Office.
22 (14) After your initial registration, if you are subsequently arrested for any
23 reason or involuntarily committed to confinement in a mental health facility and you
24 are held for more than thirty days in prison or a mental health facility, you shall
25 appear in person at the office of the sheriff of your parish of residence (except in
26 Orleans Parish where registration shall take place with the New Orleans Police
27 Department) where you are currently registered within three (3) business days.
28 (a) If you are returning to the same residence address that was registered
29 prior to arrest or confinement, it shall not be necessary to renew community
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1 notifications unless five years have elapsed since your last notifications were sent as
2 required by R.S. 15:542.1.
3 (b) You shall provide, in writing, your intended residence address to the
4 institution where you are incarcerated or confined within three (3) days prior to
5 release.
6 (14) (15) You shall be prohibited from certain types of employment in
7 accordance with R.S. 15:553 for the duration of the registration period. A copy of
8 this statute is provided to you with this notification.
9 (15) (16) In accordance with R.S. 15:542(C), you shall update your
10 registration annually on the anniversary of the initial registration by appearing in
11 person at the office of each law enforcement agency with which you are required to
12 register and shall pay an annual registration fee of sixty dollars ($60.00).
13 (16) (17) Failure to comply with any of these registration and notification
14 requirements is a felony for which you shall be punished by a fine of up to one
15 thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and imprisonment at hard labor for not less than two
16 years nor more than ten years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of
17 sentence. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, you shall be punished by a fine
18 of up to three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) and imprisonment at hard labor for not
19 less than five years, nor more than twenty years without benefit of parole, probation,
20 or suspension of sentence.
21 (17) (18) For those offenders who have been convicted of a sex offense as
22 defined in R.S. 15:541 involving a victim who was under the age of thirteen (13) at
23 the time of the offense, R.S. 14:91.2 is applicable which prohibits such offenders
24 from residing or being present in certain locations. A copy of this statute is provided
25 to you with this notification.
26 (18) (19) For those offenders who have been convicted of R.S. 14:81
27 (indecent behavior with juveniles), R.S. 14:81.1 (pornography involving juveniles)
28 which occurred prior to August 1, 2025, R.S. 14:81.1 (child sexual abuse materials)
29 which occurred on or after August 1, 2025, R.S. 14:81.3 (computer-aided solicitation
30 of a minor), or R.S. 14:283 (video voyeurism) or have been convicted of a sex
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1 offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 in which where the victim of the sex offense was
2 a minor, R.S. 14:91.5, which prohibits such offenders from using certain social
3 networking websites, is applicable. A copy of this statute is provided to you with
4 this notification. If you are not otherwise prohibited and use any social networking
5 website, you must include in your profile for the social networking website an
6 indication that you are a sex offender or child predator in accordance with R.S.
7 15:542.1(D). You must include notice of the crime for which you were convicted,
8 the jurisdiction of conviction, a description of your physical characteristics, and your
9 residential address. This notice must be visible to all other users and visitors of the
10 networking website.
11 THUS DONE AND SIGNED this ____ day of _____________, 20___ in
12 open court, in_____________, Louisiana.
13 ______________________________
14 Judge, ____ Judicial District Court
15 I hereby certify that the above requirements have been explained to me, that I have
16 received a copy of the above notice of sex offender registration and notification
17 requirements, and a copy of the statutes providing for such requirements. I also understand
18 that I will be subject to any changes made by the legislature to the registration laws from this
19 day forward.
20 ____________________________
21 (Name of Sex Offender)
22 ____________________________
23 Defense Counsel Signature
24 Section 3. R.S. 32:412(I) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
25 §412. Amount of fees; credit or refund; duration of license; veteran designation;
26 special needs or accommodation designations; disbursement of funds;
27 renewal by mail or electronic commerce of Class "D" or "E" drivers' licenses;
28 disposition of certain fees; exception
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1 I.(1) The A Louisiana driver's license, regardless of its class, issued to any
2 person who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to R.S. 15:542 and R.S.
3 15:542.1 Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall
4 contain a restriction quick response code which declares that or a QR code on the
5 back of the driver's license for the purposes of assisting law enforcement in
6 determining whether or not the license holder is a sex offender. The secretary of the
7 Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall comply with the provisions of this
8 Subsection and the driver's license shall include the words "sex offender" which shall
9 be orange in color.
10 (2) Any person to whom this Subsection applies shall carry upon his person
11 the last driver's license issued to him. A person who is issued a driver's license
12 pursuant to this Subsection shall carry his driver's license on his person at all times
13 when he is outside of his residence.
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15 (4) Any person to whom who is subject to this Subsection applies shall
16 personally appear at a motor vehicle field office to renew his driver's license every
17 year, in addition to the yearly reregistration pursuant to R.S. 15:542 et seq.
18 Reregistration shall include the submission of current information to the department
19 and the verification of registration information, including the street address and
20 telephone number of the registrant; name, street address, and telephone number of
21 the registrant's employer, and any other registration information that may need to be
22 verified. Upon successful completion of reregistration, the bureau shall
23 electronically transmit this fact the completed reregistration to the office of motor
24 vehicles which may then proceed to renew the driver's license. In order to reimburse
25 the office of motor vehicles for the cost of a yearly issuance, the The regular renewal
26 fee shall be collected at each renewal pursuant to this Subsection.
27 (5) Whoever intentionally fails to meet the requirements of this Subsection
28 shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars
29 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
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1 (5)(6) The provisions of this This Subsection shall apply applies to all
2 registered sex offenders regardless of the date of conviction. This Subsection does
3 not apply to any registered sex offender who possesses a special identification card
4 pursuant to R.S. 40:1321(J). A registered sex offender who has been issued a
5 driver's license pursuant to this Subsection shall forfeit his driver's license to the
6 office of motor vehicles if he subsequently obtains a special identification card
7 pursuant to R.S. 40:1321(J). Any registered sex offender who has both a driver's
8 license and a special identification card shall have a quick response code or QR code
9 on his driver's license and special identification card, as required by this Subsection.
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11 Section 4. R.S. 40:1321(J) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
12 §1321. State identification cards; special identification cards; issuance; veteran
13 designation; special needs or accommodation designations; fees; expiration
14 and renewal; exceptions; promulgation of rules; promotion of use; persons
15 less than twenty-one years of age; the Protect and Save our Children
16 Program; Selective Service Registration
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18 J.(1) Any person required to register as a sex offender with the Louisiana
19 Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, as required by R.S. 15:542 et
20 seq., pursuant to Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950
21 shall obtain a special identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety
22 and Corrections which shall contain a restriction quick response code declaring that,
23 or QR Code, on the back of the special identification card for the purposes of
24 assisting law enforcement in determining whether or not the holder is a sex offender.
25 This special identification card shall include the words "sex offender" in all capital
26 letters which are orange in color and shall be valid for a period of one year from the
27 date of issuance. This special identification card shall be carried on the person The
28 holder shall carry the special identification card on his person at all times by the
29 individual required to register as a sex offender when he is outside of his residence.
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1 (2) Each person required to carry a special identification card pursuant to this
2 Subsection shall personally appear, annually, at a field office of the office of motor
3 vehicles to renew obtain his or her special identification card but only after he or she
4 has registered as an a sex offender pursuant to R.S. 15:542 et seq Chapter 3-B of
5 Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Reregistration shall include
6 includes the submission of current information to the department and the verification
7 of this information, which shall include includes the street address and telephone
8 number of the registrant; the name, street address, and telephone number of the
9 registrant's employer, and any registration information that may need to be verified
10 by the bureau. No special identification card shall be issued or renewed until the
11 office of motor vehicles receives confirmation from the bureau The office of motor
12 vehicles shall not issue a special identification card until the bureau has confirmed
13 to the office, electronically or by other means, that the reregistration of the sex
14 offender has been completed.
15 (3) The provisions of this Except as provided in Paragraph (5) of this
16 Subsection, this Subsection shall apply applies to all sex offenders who are required
17 to register pursuant to R.S. 15:542 et seq. Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana
18 Revised Statutes of 1950, regardless of the date of conviction.
19 (4) Whoever violates intentionally fails to meet the requirements of this
20 Subsection shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars and not nor more than
21 five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
22 (5) This Subsection does not apply to any registered sex offender who
23 possesses a driver's license pursuant to R.S. 32:412(I). A registered sex offender
24 who has been issued a special identification card pursuant to this Subsection shall
25 forfeit his special identification card to the office of motor vehicles if he
26 subsequently obtains a driver's license pursuant to R.S. 32:412(I). Any registered
27 sex offender who has both a driver's license and a special identification card shall
28 have a quick response code or QR code on his driver's license and special
29 identification card, as required by this Subsection.
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1 Section 5. R.S. 15:542.1(A)(1)(e) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
2 Section 6. This Section and Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall become effective on
3 January 1, 2027.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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