---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL RECORDS: Removes certain limitations on the release and dissemination of mug shots. (8/1/24)"
description: "CRIMINAL RECORDS: Removes certain limitations on the release and dissemination of mug shots. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Louisiana SB 24 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Seabaugh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/603e46b8-d344-4d6b-853f-7004d4345012"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245776"
source_hash: "948158296c44e746d7673e33693050d4654492f51dfc3499cffdc5f2ede1df13"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 24 (2024) — CRIMINAL RECORDS: Removes certain limitations on the release and dissemination of mug shots. (8/1/24)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB24 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346777)
2. **SB24 Act 281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380728)
3. **SB24 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353985)
4. **SB24 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369233)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1242, Seabaugh, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358431)
6. **SB24 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377176)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1213) — **61–37** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#413) — **26–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alan Seabaugh — primary (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 281. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 61, nays 37. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-13** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-08** Reported favorably (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-29** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-24** The bill, as previously amended, was read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays, ordered reengrossed, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-03-27** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-03-27** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-03-27** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-03-18** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-03-13** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-12** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/603e46b8-d344-4d6b-853f-7004d4345012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).