LA HB49

Creates the crime of "unlawful posting" for knowingly obtaining and electronically distributing audio, written, or visual recordings of victim testimony from executive sessions of the Board of Pardons or parole committee, punishable by up to $500 fine and/or 6 months imprisonment

Allows victims, or spouses/next of kin of deceased victims, to request that their testimony before the Board of Pardons or parole committee be presented in closed executive session rather than public hearings

Declares executive session victim testimony confidential and exempt from public records law, with disclosure available only through court order from the Nineteenth Judicial District Court after in-camera review

Exempts defendants, their attorneys, victims, victims' family members, and legal guardians from the restrictions on obtaining copies of executive session testimony

Officially titled "The Maggie Grace Act"