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Passed Louisiana Firearm Legislation HB334

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Authorizes a concealed handgun permit holder to carry a concealed handgun in a place of worship

Subject: WEAPONS/HANDGUNS

Description: Authorizes a concealed handgun permit holder to carry a concealed handgun in a place of worship

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2020.

Last Action Date: June 11, 2020

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'.

38 sponsors: Bryan Fontenot (R); Beryl Amedee (R); Tony Bacala (R); Beau Beaullieu (R); Rhonda Butler (R); Dewith Carrier (R); Wilford Carter (D); Mack Cormier (D); Raymond Crews (R); Phillip DeVillier (R); Daryl Deshotel (R); Kathy Edmonston (R); Julie Emerson (R); Gabe Firment (R); Larry Frieman (R); Foy Gadberry (R); Raymond Garofalo (R); Jonathan Goudeau (R); Lance Harris (R); Dodie Horton (R); Mike Johnson (R); Travis Johnson (D); Timothy Kerner (R); Danny McCormick (R); Jack McFarland (R); Scott McKnight (R); Blake Miguez (R); Buddy Mincey (R); Charles Owen (R); Robert Owen (R); Neil Riser (R); Troy Romero (R); Rodney Schamerhorn (R); Alan Seabaugh (R); Polly Thomas (R); William Wheat (R); Mark Wright (R); Jerome Zeringue (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 36% (38 of 105)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jun 11, 2020 Effective date: 08/01/2020.
House Jun 11, 2020 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 186.
House Jun 3, 2020 Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
Senate Jun 1, 2020 Signed by the President of the Senate.
House Jun 1, 2020 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
House May 31, 2020 Read by title, roll called, yeas 76, nays 20, Senate amendments concurred in.
Senate May 29, 2020 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
Senate May 29, 2020 Rules suspended.
Senate May 29, 2020 Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
Senate May 29, 2020 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 23 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
House May 29, 2020 Received from the Senate with amendments.
House May 29, 2020 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
Senate May 28, 2020 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate May 28, 2020 Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Senate May 25, 2020 Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
House May 22, 2020 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House May 20, 2020 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
House May 18, 2020 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House May 15, 2020 Reported favorably (10-1).
House Mar 9, 2020 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House Feb 27, 2020 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House Feb 27, 2020 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
Senate Floor Amendment #2356 Fields Adopted Senate Floor Amendment #2356 Fields Adopted Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text Yes
Summary of Senate Amendments to HB334 Summary of Senate Amendments to HB334 Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
House Vote on HB 334 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#678) House Vote on HB 334 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#678) Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
05/22/2020 71 24 0 10 Yes
  • Adams, Roy (I) Nay
  • Amedee, Beryl (R) Yea
  • Bacala, Tony (R) Yea
  • Bagala, Reggie (R) Absent
  • Bagley, Lawrence (R) Yea
  • Barras, Taylor (R) Yea
  • Beaullieu, Beau (R) Yea
  • Bishop, Stuart (R) Yea
  • Bourriaque, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Brass, Ken (D) Nay
  • Brown, Terry (I) Yea
  • Bryant, Marcus (D) Nay
  • Butler, Rhonda (R) Yea
  • Carpenter, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Carrier, Dewith (R) Yea
  • Carter, Gary (D) Nay
  • Carter, Robert (D) Yea
  • Carter, Wilford (D) Yea
  • Cormier, Mack (D) Yea
  • Coussan, Jean-paul (R) Yea
  • Cox, Kenny (D) Nay
  • Crews, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Davis, Paula (R) Yea
  • DeVillier, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Deshotel, Daryl (R) Yea
  • DuBuisson, Mary (R) Yea
  • Duplessis, Royce (D) Nay
  • Dwight, Stephen (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
  • Fontenot, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Aimee (D) Nay
  • Freiberg, Barbara (R) Yea
  • Frieman, Larry (R) Yea
  • Gadberry, Foy (R) Yea
  • Gaines, Randal (D) Nay
  • Garofalo, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Glover, Cedric (D) Absent
  • Goudeau, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Green, Kyle (D) Nay
  • Harris, Lance (R) Yea
  • Henry, Charles (R) Yea
  • Hilferty, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Hodges, Valarie (R) Yea
  • Hollis, Paul (R) Absent
  • Horton, Dodie (R) Yea
  • Hughes, Jason (D) Nay
  • Huval, Mike (R) Yea
  • Illg, John (R) Absent
  • Ivey, Barry (R) Yea
  • James, Edward (D) Absent
  • Jefferson, Patrick (D) Nay
  • Jenkins, Samuel (D) Nay
  • Johnson, Cazerrick (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Mike (R) Yea
  • Jones, Frederick (D) Absent
  • Jordan, Edmond (D) Nay
  • Kerner, Timothy (R) Yea
  • LaCombe, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Landry, Mandie (D) Nay
  • Larvadain, Ed (D) Nay
  • Lyons, Rodney (D) Absent
  • Mack, Sherman (R) Yea
  • Magee, Tanner (R) Yea
  • Marcelle, Denise (D) Absent
  • Marino, Joseph (R) Nay
  • McCormick, Danny (R) Yea
  • McFarland, Jack (R) Yea
  • McKnight, Scott (R) Yea
  • McMahen, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Miguez, Blake (R) Yea
  • Miller, Dustin (D) Yea
  • Miller, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Mincey, Buddy (R) Yea
  • Moore, Pat (D) Nay
  • Muscarello, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Nelson, Richard (R) Yea
  • Newell, Candace (D) Nay
  • Owen, Charles (R) Yea
  • Owen, Robert (R) Yea
  • Phelps, Tammy (D) Nay
  • Pierre, Vincent (D) Nay
  • Pressly, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Riser, Neil (R) Yea
  • Romero, Troy (R) Yea
  • Schamerhorn, Rodney (R) Yea
  • Seabaugh, Alan (R) Yea
  • Selders, Larry (D) Nay
  • St. Blanc, Vincent (R) Absent
  • Stagni, Joseph (D) Nay
  • 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) Absent
  • Willard, Matthew (D) Nay
  • Wright, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zeringue, Jerome (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/22/2020 72 24 0 9 Yes
  • Adams, Roy (I) Nay
  • Amedee, Beryl (R) Yea
  • Bacala, Tony (R) Yea
  • Bagala, Reggie (R) Absent
  • Bagley, Lawrence (R) Yea
  • Barras, Taylor (R) Yea
  • Beaullieu, Beau (R) Yea
  • Bishop, Stuart (R) Yea
  • Bourriaque, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Brass, Ken (D) Nay
  • Brown, Terry (I) Yea
  • Bryant, Marcus (D) Nay
  • Butler, Rhonda (R) Yea
  • Carpenter, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Carrier, Dewith (R) Yea
  • Carter, Gary (D) Nay
  • Carter, Robert (D) Yea
  • Carter, Wilford (D) Yea
  • Cormier, Mack (D) Yea
  • Coussan, Jean-paul (R) Yea
  • Cox, Kenny (D) Nay
  • Crews, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Davis, Paula (R) Yea
  • DeVillier, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Deshotel, Daryl (R) Yea
  • DuBuisson, Mary (R) Yea
  • Duplessis, Royce (D) Nay
  • Dwight, Stephen (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
  • Fontenot, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Aimee (D) Nay
  • Freiberg, Barbara (R) Yea
  • Frieman, Larry (R) Yea
  • Gadberry, Foy (R) Yea
  • Gaines, Randal (D) Nay
  • Garofalo, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Glover, Cedric (D) Absent
  • Goudeau, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Green, Kyle (D) Nay
  • Harris, Lance (R) Yea
  • Henry, Charles (R) Yea
  • Hilferty, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Hodges, Valarie (R) Yea
  • Hollis, Paul (R) Absent
  • Horton, Dodie (R) Yea
  • Hughes, Jason (D) Nay
  • Huval, Mike (R) Yea
  • Illg, John (R) Absent
  • Ivey, Barry (R) Yea
  • James, Edward (D) Absent
  • Jefferson, Patrick (D) Nay
  • Jenkins, Samuel (D) Nay
  • Johnson, Cazerrick (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Mike (R) Yea
  • Jones, Frederick (D) Absent
  • Jordan, Edmond (D) Nay
  • Kerner, Timothy (R) Yea
  • LaCombe, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Landry, Mandie (D) Nay
  • Larvadain, Ed (D) Nay
  • Lyons, Rodney (D) Absent
  • Mack, Sherman (R) Yea
  • Magee, Tanner (R) Yea
  • Marcelle, Denise (D) Absent
  • Marino, Joseph (R) Nay
  • McCormick, Danny (R) Yea
  • McFarland, Jack (R) Yea
  • McKnight, Scott (R) Yea
  • McMahen, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Miguez, Blake (R) Yea
  • Miller, Dustin (D) Yea
  • Miller, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Mincey, Buddy (R) Yea
  • Moore, Pat (D) Nay
  • Muscarello, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Nelson, Richard (R) Yea
  • Newell, Candace (D) Nay
  • Owen, Charles (R) Yea
  • Owen, Robert (R) Yea
  • Phelps, Tammy (D) Nay
  • Pierre, Vincent (D) Nay
  • Pressly, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Riser, Neil (R) Yea
  • Romero, Troy (R) Yea
  • Schamerhorn, Rodney (R) Yea
  • Seabaugh, Alan (R) Yea
  • Selders, Larry (D) Nay
  • St. Blanc, Vincent (R) Absent
  • Stagni, Joseph (D) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • Wright, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zeringue, Jerome (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/29/2020 13 15 0 11 No
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Nay
  • Alario, John (R) Nay
  • Allain, R (R) Nay
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Absent
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Nay
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Absent
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Carter, Troy (D) Yea
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Absent
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Nay
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Yea
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Absent
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Yea
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Nay
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Nay
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Nay
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Yea
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Yea
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Nay
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Yea
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Nay
  • Mills, Fred (R) Nay
  • Mills, Robert (R) Absent
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Nay
  • Morris, John (R) Absent
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Absent
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Yea
  • Price, Edward (D) Yea
  • Reese, Mike (R) Nay
  • Smith, Gary (D) Yea
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Absent
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Absent
  • Ward, Rick (D) Absent
  • White, Mack (R) Absent
  • Womack, Glen (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/29/2020 23 9 0 7 Yes
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Yea
  • Alario, John (R) Yea
  • Allain, R (R) Yea
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Absent
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Yea
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Absent
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Carter, Troy (D) Nay
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Yea
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Yea
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Nay
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Nay
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Nay
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Yea
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Nay
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Yea
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Nay
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Yea
  • Mills, Fred (R) Yea
  • Mills, Robert (R) Absent
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Yea
  • Morris, John (R) Yea
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Nay
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Absent
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Yea
  • Price, Edward (D) Nay
  • Reese, Mike (R) Yea
  • Smith, Gary (D) Yea
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Absent
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Absent
  • Ward, Rick (D) Absent
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
  • Womack, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/31/2020 76 20 0 8 Yes
  • Adams, Roy (I) Yea
  • Amedee, Beryl (R) Yea
  • Bacala, Tony (R) Yea
  • Bagley, Lawrence (R) Yea
  • Barras, Taylor (R) Yea
  • Beaullieu, Beau (R) Yea
  • Bishop, Stuart (R) Yea
  • Bourriaque, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Brass, Ken (D) Nay
  • Brown, Terry (I) Yea
  • Bryant, Marcus (D) Yea
  • Butler, Rhonda (R) Yea
  • Carpenter, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Carrier, Dewith (R) Yea
  • Carter, Gary (D) Nay
  • Carter, Robert (D) Yea
  • Carter, Wilford (D) Nay
  • Cormier, Mack (D) Yea
  • Coussan, Jean-paul (R) Yea
  • Cox, Kenny (D) Yea
  • Crews, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Davis, Paula (R) Yea
  • DeVillier, Phillip (R) Absent
  • Deshotel, Daryl (R) Yea
  • DuBuisson, Mary (R) Yea
  • Duplessis, Royce (D) Nay
  • Dwight, Stephen (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) Absent
  • Fontenot, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Aimee (D) Nay
  • Freiberg, Barbara (R) Yea
  • Frieman, Larry (R) Yea
  • Gadberry, Foy (R) Yea
  • Gaines, Randal (D) Yea
  • Garofalo, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Glover, Cedric (D) Absent
  • Goudeau, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Green, Kyle (D) Nay
  • Harris, Lance (R) Yea
  • Henry, Charles (R) Yea
  • Hilferty, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Hodges, Valarie (R) Absent
  • Hollis, Paul (R) Yea
  • Horton, Dodie (R) Yea
  • Hughes, Jason (D) Nay
  • Huval, Mike (R) Yea
  • Illg, John (R) Yea
  • Ivey, Barry (R) Yea
  • James, Edward (D) Nay
  • Jefferson, Patrick (D) Absent
  • Jenkins, Samuel (D) Absent
  • Johnson, Cazerrick (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Mike (R) Yea
  • Jones, Frederick (D) Nay
  • Jordan, Edmond (D) Nay
  • Kerner, Timothy (R) Yea
  • LaCombe, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Landry, Mandie (D) Yea
  • Larvadain, Ed (D) Nay
  • Lyons, Rodney (D) Nay
  • Mack, Sherman (R) Yea
  • Magee, Tanner (R) Yea
  • Marcelle, Denise (D) Absent
  • Marino, Joseph (R) Yea
  • McCormick, Danny (R) Yea
  • McFarland, Jack (R) Nay
  • McKnight, Scott (R) Yea
  • McMahen, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Miguez, Blake (R) Yea
  • Miller, Dustin (D) Yea
  • Miller, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Mincey, Buddy (R) Yea
  • Moore, Pat (D) Nay
  • Muscarello, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Nelson, Richard (R) Yea
  • Newell, Candace (D) Nay
  • Owen, Charles (R) Yea
  • Owen, Robert (R) Yea
  • Phelps, Tammy (D) Nay
  • Pierre, Vincent (D) Nay
  • Pressly, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Riser, Neil (R) Yea
  • Romero, Troy (R) Yea
  • Schamerhorn, Rodney (R) Yea
  • Seabaugh, Alan (R) Yea
  • Selders, Larry (D) Nay
  • St. Blanc, Vincent (R) Yea
  • Stagni, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Stefanski, John (R) Yea
  • Tarver, Phillip (R) Absent
  • 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) Nay
  • Wright, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zeringue, Jerome (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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