Louisiana § RS 14:81.6 - Possessing, trafficking, or importing a child sex doll; reporting

§ RS 14:81.6. Possessing, trafficking, or importing a child sex doll; reporting

            A.(1) A person commits the crime of possessing a child sex doll by intentionally or knowingly possessing a child sex doll.

            (2) A person commits the crime of trafficking a child sex doll by knowingly manufacturing, distributing, selling, transferring, offering to sell, advertising, providing, shipping, delivering for shipment, offering to deliver for shipment, or possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute, sell, ship, or transfer a child sex doll.

            (3) A person commits the crime of importing a child sex doll by knowingly transporting or causing to be transported a child sex doll into this state by any means with the intent to distribute, sell, or transfer the child sex doll to another, whether or not the person has taken actual possession of the child sex doll.

            B. For purposes of this Section, "child sex doll" means an anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot that both:

            (1) Has the features of or features that resemble those of an infant or a child under eighteen years of age.

            (2) Is intended to be used for sexual stimulation or gratification.

            C. In a prosecution for a violation of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, the possession of two or more child sex dolls creates a rebuttable presumption that a person intends to commit trafficking of a child sex doll.

            D. This Section shall not apply to a common carrier transporting a container with a child sex doll if the common carrier does not have actual knowledge of the container's contents.

            E.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section upon conviction shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than one year, fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.

            (2) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section upon conviction shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than six months nor more than one year, fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

            (3) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section upon conviction shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than two years, fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, or both.

            F. No later than December 31, 2024, and no later than the thirty-first of December of each year thereafter, the court of conviction shall report each conviction pursuant to this Section to the judicial administrator's office of the Louisiana Supreme Court, which shall no later than January 31, 2025, and no later than the thirty-first of January of each year thereafter, submit a report to the governor, the president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives that lists, by parish, the total number of persons who have been convicted of a violation of this Section in the preceding year.

            Acts 2024, No. 505, §1.