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Proposed Louisiana Firearm Legislation HB331

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Provides relative to automatic weapons (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Subject: WEAPONS/FIREARMS

Description: Provides relative to automatic weapons (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Session: 2023 Regular Session

Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2023.

Last Action Date: June 6, 2023

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

14 sponsors: Dewith Carrier (R); Marcus Bryant (D); Barbara Freiberg (R); Raymond Garofalo (R); Jonathan Goudeau (R); Lance Harris (R); Mike Johnson (R); Travis Johnson (D); Alonzo Knox (D); Joseph Marino (I); Vincent Pierre (D); Larry Selders (D); Debbie Villio (R); Mark Wright (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 13% (14 of 105)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jun 6, 2023 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 120.
House Jun 6, 2023 Effective date: 08/01/2023.
House Jun 1, 2023 Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
Senate May 31, 2023 Signed by the President of the Senate.
House May 31, 2023 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
House May 30, 2023 Received from the Senate without amendments.
Senate May 29, 2023 Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Senate May 25, 2023 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate May 24, 2023 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Senate May 23, 2023 Reported favorably.
Senate May 22, 2023 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Senate May 18, 2023 Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
House May 18, 2023 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House May 11, 2023 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2023.
House May 11, 2023 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House May 10, 2023 Reported favorably (9-0-1).
House Apr 10, 2023 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House Apr 3, 2023 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
House Mar 29, 2023 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House Mar 29, 2023 Prefiled.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Chaptered not available state link bill text
Enrolled not available state link bill text
Engrossed not available state link bill text
Introduced not available state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
05/18/2023 100 1 0 4 Yes
  • Adams, Roy (I) Yea
  • Amedee, Beryl (R) Yea
  • Bacala, Tony (R) Yea
  • Bagley, Lawrence (R) Yea
  • Beaullieu, Beau (R) Yea
  • Bishop, Stuart (R) Yea
  • Bourriaque, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Boyd, Delisha (D) Yea
  • Brass, Ken (D) Yea
  • Brown, Chad (D) Yea
  • Bryant, Marcus (D) Yea
  • Butler, Rhonda (R) Yea
  • Carpenter, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Carrier, Dewith (R) Yea
  • Carter, Robert (D) Yea
  • Carter, Wilford (D) Yea
  • Caston Lafleur, Vanessa (D) Yea
  • Cormier, Mack (D) Yea
  • Coussan, Jean-paul (R) Yea
  • Cox, Kenny (D) Yea
  • Crews, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Davis, Paula (R) Yea
  • DeVillier, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Deshotel, Daryl (R) Yea
  • DuBuisson, Mary (R) Yea
  • Echols, Michael (R) Yea
  • Edmonds, Rick (R) Yea
  • Edmonston, Kathy (R) Yea
  • Emerson, Julie (R) Yea
  • Farnum, Les (R) Yea
  • Firment, Gabe (R) Yea
  • Fisher, Adrian (D) Yea
  • Fontenot, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Aimee (D) Absent
  • Freiberg, Barbara (R) Yea
  • Frieman, Larry (R) Yea
  • Gadberry, Foy (R) Yea
  • Gaines, Randal (D) Yea
  • Garofalo, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Geymann, Brett (R) Absent
  • Glover, Cedric (D) Yea
  • Goudeau, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Green, Kyle (D) Yea
  • Harris, Lance (R) Yea
  • Hilferty, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Hodges, Valarie (R) Yea
  • Hollis, Paul (R) Absent
  • Horton, Dodie (R) Yea
  • Hughes, Jason (D) Yea
  • Huval, Mike (R) Yea
  • Illg, John (R) Yea
  • Ivey, Barry (R) Yea
  • Jefferson, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Jenkins, Samuel (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Cazerrick (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Mike (R) Yea
  • Jordan, Edmond (D) Yea
  • Kerner, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Knox, Alonzo (D) Yea
  • LaCombe, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Landry, Mandie (D) Yea
  • Larvadain, Ed (D) Yea
  • Lyons, Rodney (D) Yea
  • Mack, Sherman (R) Yea
  • Magee, Tanner (R) Yea
  • Marcelle, Denise (D) Yea
  • Marino, Joseph (R) Yea
  • McCormick, Danny (R) Nay
  • McFarland, Jack (R) Yea
  • McKnight, Scott (R) Absent
  • McMahen, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Miguez, Blake (R) Yea
  • Miller, Dustin (D) Yea
  • Miller, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Mincey, Buddy (R) Yea
  • Moore, Pat (D) Yea
  • Muscarello, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Nelson, Richard (R) Yea
  • Newell, Candace (D) Yea
  • Orgeron, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Owen, Charles (R) Yea
  • Owen, Robert (R) Yea
  • Phelps, Tammy (D) Yea
  • Pierre, Vincent (D) Yea
  • Pressly, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Riser, Neil (R) Yea
  • Romero, Troy (R) Yea
  • Schamerhorn, Rodney (R) Yea
  • Schexnayder, Clay (R) Yea
  • Schlegel, Laurie (R) Yea
  • Seabaugh, Alan (R) Yea
  • Selders, Larry (D) Yea
  • St. Blanc, Vincent (R) Yea
  • Stagni, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Stefanski, John (R) Yea
  • Tarver, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Thomas, Polly (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Francis (D) Yea
  • Turner, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Villio, Debbie (R) Yea
  • Wheat, William (R) Yea
  • White, Malinda (D) Yea
  • Willard, Matthew (D) Yea
  • Wright, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zeringue, Jerome (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/29/2023 39 0 0 0 Yes
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Yea
  • Allain, R (R) Yea
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Yea
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Yea
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Yea
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Carter, Gary (D) Yea
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Yea
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Duplessis, Royce (D) Yea
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Yea
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Yea
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Yea
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Yea
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Yea
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Yea
  • Kleinpeter, Caleb (R) Yea
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Yea
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Yea
  • Mills, Fred (R) Yea
  • Mills, Robert (R) Yea
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Yea
  • Morris, John (R) Yea
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Yea
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Yea
  • Price, Edward (D) Yea
  • Reese, Mike (R) Yea
  • Smith, Gary (D) Yea
  • Stine, Jeremy (R) Yea
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Yea
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
  • Womack, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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