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We’ve got some good news for Kanye. It’s time for the paparazzi to put down their cameras around the children of celebrities.

Gov. Jerry Brown just signed a bill into law on Tuesday that will protect children’s privacy and make it a misdemeanor to attempt to photograph or videotape a child in a harassing manner if the image is being taken because the child’s parent is a celebrity or public official.

“Kids shouldn’t be tabloid fodder nor the target of ongoing harassment,” the bill’s author, Sen. Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles), said in a statement. The new law “will give children, no matter who their parent is, protection from harassers who go to extremes to turn a buck,” he said.

The bill was backed by Hollywood moms like Jennifer Garner and Halle Berry, both of whom testified before the Legislature about their experiences trying to protect their little cherubs in public.

The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, also increases the penalty for harassment, which is currently as much as six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000. The new penalty for harassment of children by photographers or video camera operators is as long as a year in jail and a possible fine of $10,000.

We bet they chill now.

SOURCE: LA Times | PHOTO CREDIT: Wenn