California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill this week in reaction to reports that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials shared graphic photographs of the twist of fate that killed former NBA star Kobe Bryant.

Newsom signed AB 2655 on Monday, which will prohibit lifeguards from taking photographs of the deceased “out of their professional duties,” according to Mike Gipson of Carson, who lobbied for a law to be enacted. Violation of the law will result in a misdemeanor, KCBS reported.

After Bryant died in a helicopter crash on January 26 with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others, the Los Angeles Times reported that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office officers had percentage images of the destination turn site that included photographs of the victims The newspaper said officers continued to express and talk about the images in the days after the accident in Calabasas California.

The image exchange occurred when Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, spoke to Sheriff Alex Villanueva on the morning of the accident to request that the site be protected by confidentiality, a complaint filed in May against the branch revealed.

“Actually, however, no fewer than 8 sheriff’s agents were on site taking phone pictures of dead children, parents and coaches,” says the document, presented through Vanessa and received through PEOPLE. “As the ministry later admitted, the deputies had no research objective to take photos at the site of the turn of destination. Instead, parliamentarians took pictures for their own non-public benefit. “

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Only the county coroner and investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were able to photograph the scene, Villanueva showed reporters at the time.

“These are the only two teams of people,” Villanueva said in March. “No one would be allowed to leave that place. They would be illegal photos. “

At least two Firefighters in Los Angeles were reportedly also photographed and asked to delete them.

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Villanueva responded to Newsom’s signing of the bill, known as the Kobe Bryant Act of 2020, on Monday night.

“Shortly after the accident of the Calabasas helicopter in which nine people tragically died, I sponsored a law that now criminalizes the fact that the public worker protection agency takes photographs or percentages of the deceased for unofficial purposes,” he wrote on Twitter.

“Thank you @GavinNewsom for signing AB2655 today, @AsmMikeGipson by him and JonesSawyerAD59 for the support of his committee,” Villanueva continued.

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In March, the Bryant family’s legal team denounced the alleged exchange of symbols through MPs and said it had left Vanessa “devastated. “

“Lifeguards will have to be trustworthy,” said his lawyer, Gary C. Robb, in a statement. ” It is unforgivable and deplorable that some members of the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Substation, other surrounding substations, and LAFD have violated their duty. “

“This is an indescribable violation of the human decency, respect and privacy rights of sufferers and their families,” he added.

The Bryant family’s legal team did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for feedback on Tuesday.