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Passed Louisiana Firearm Legislation HB8

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Legislation Overview

Title: Provides an exception to the illegal carrying of weapons for certain persons

Subject: WEAPONS/FIREARMS

Description: Provides an exception to the illegal carrying of weapons for certain persons

Session: 2022 Regular Session

Last Action: Effective date: 08/01/2022.

Last Action Date: June 15, 2022

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Bryan Fontenot (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 105)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jun 15, 2022 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 433.
House Jun 15, 2022 Effective date: 08/01/2022.
House Jun 7, 2022 Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
Senate Jun 6, 2022 Signed by the President of the Senate.
House Jun 6, 2022 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
House Jun 5, 2022 Read by title, roll called, yeas 80, nays 16, Senate amendments concurred in.
House Jun 3, 2022 Scheduled for concurrence on 06/05/2022.
Senate Jun 2, 2022 The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
House Jun 2, 2022 Received from the Senate with amendments.
Senate May 12, 2022 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate May 11, 2022 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Senate May 10, 2022 Reported with amendments.
Senate Apr 5, 2022 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Senate Apr 4, 2022 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
House Mar 29, 2022 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 8. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House Mar 24, 2022 Scheduled for floor debate on 03/29/2022.
House Mar 24, 2022 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House Mar 23, 2022 Reported with amendments (8-0).
House Mar 14, 2022 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House Jan 21, 2022 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/21/2022.
House Jan 18, 2022 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House Jan 18, 2022 Prefiled.
Texts
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Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
House Committee Amendment #1511 ACRJ Draft House Committee Amendment #1511 ACRJ Draft Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
House Committee Amendment #1579 ACRJ Proposed House Committee Amendment #1579 ACRJ Proposed Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
House Floor Amendment #1813 Fontenot Proposed House Floor Amendment #1813 Fontenot Proposed Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
House Floor Amendment #1820 Fontenot Adopted House Floor Amendment #1820 Fontenot Adopted Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text Yes
Senate Committee Amendment #2890 JUDC Proposed Senate Committee Amendment #2890 JUDC Proposed Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
Senate Committee Amendment #2850 JUDC Draft Senate Committee Amendment #2850 JUDC Draft Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
Senate Floor Amendment #4399 Cathey Rejected Senate Floor Amendment #4399 Cathey Rejected 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
03/29/2022 88 8 0 8 Yes
  • Adams, Roy (I) Yea
  • Amedee, Beryl (R) Yea
  • Bacala, Tony (R) Yea
  • Bagley, Lawrence (R) Yea
  • Beaullieu, Beau (R) Yea
  • Bishop, Stuart (R) Absent
  • Bourriaque, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Boyd, Delisha (D) Yea
  • Brass, Ken (D) Yea
  • Brown, Chad (D) Yea
  • Bryant, Marcus (D) Absent
  • Butler, Rhonda (R) Yea
  • Carpenter, Barbara (D) Absent
  • Carrier, Dewith (R) Yea
  • Carter, Robert (D) Yea
  • Carter, Wilford (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
  • Duplessis, Royce (D) 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) Nay
  • Freiberg, Barbara (R) Yea
  • Frieman, Larry (R) Yea
  • Gadberry, Foy (R) Yea
  • Gaines, Randal (D) Absent
  • Garofalo, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Geymann, Brett (R) Yea
  • Glover, Cedric (D) Absent
  • Goudeau, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Green, Kyle (D) Yea
  • Harris, Lance (R) Yea
  • Hilferty, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Hodges, Valarie (R) Yea
  • Hollis, Paul (R) Yea
  • Horton, Dodie (R) Yea
  • Hughes, Jason (D) Yea
  • Huval, Mike (R) Yea
  • Illg, John (R) Yea
  • Ivey, Barry (R) Yea
  • Jefferson, Patrick (D) Nay
  • Jenkins, Samuel (D) Nay
  • Johnson, Cazerrick (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Mike (R) Yea
  • Jordan, Edmond (D) Yea
  • Kerner, Timothy (R) Yea
  • LaCombe, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Landry, Mandie (D) Nay
  • Larvadain, Ed (D) Absent
  • Lyons, Rodney (D) Yea
  • Mack, Sherman (R) Yea
  • Magee, Tanner (R) Yea
  • Marcelle, Denise (D) Nay
  • Marino, Joseph (R) Yea
  • McCormick, Danny (R) Nay
  • 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) Yea
  • Muscarello, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Nelson, Richard (R) Yea
  • Newell, Candace (D) Absent
  • Orgeron, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Owen, Charles (R) Yea
  • Owen, Robert (R) Yea
  • Phelps, Tammy (D) Absent
  • Pierre, Vincent (D) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • Wright, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zeringue, Jerome (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/2/2022 6 28 0 4 No
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Nay
  • Allain, R (R) Nay
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Nay
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Yea
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Nay
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Carter, Troy (D) Nay
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Yea
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Nay
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Nay
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Absent
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Nay
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Absent
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Nay
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Nay
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Nay
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Nay
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Nay
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Absent
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Yea
  • Mills, Fred (R) Nay
  • Mills, Robert (R) Nay
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Nay
  • Morris, John (R) Yea
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Nay
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Yea
  • Price, Edward (D) Nay
  • Reese, Mike (R) Nay
  • Smith, Gary (D) Nay
  • Stine, Jeremy (R) Nay
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Nay
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Absent
  • Ward, Rick (D) Nay
  • White, Mack (R) Nay
  • Womack, Glen (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/2/2022 33 0 0 5 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, Troy (D) Yea
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Yea
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Yea
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Absent
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Yea
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Absent
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Yea
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Absent
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Yea
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Absent
  • 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) Absent
  • Ward, Rick (D) Yea
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
  • Womack, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/5/2022 80 16 0 9 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) Nay
  • Carrier, Dewith (R) Yea
  • Carter, Robert (D) Yea
  • Carter, Wilford (D) Nay
  • Caston Lafleur, Vanessa (D) Nay
  • Cormier, Mack (D) Yea
  • Coussan, Jean-paul (R) Yea
  • Cox, Kenny (D) Absent
  • Crews, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Davis, Paula (R) Yea
  • DeVillier, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Deshotel, Daryl (R) Yea
  • DuBuisson, Mary (R) Yea
  • Duplessis, Royce (D) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • Fontenot, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Aimee (D) Nay
  • Freiberg, Barbara (R) Yea
  • Frieman, Larry (R) Yea
  • Gadberry, Foy (R) Yea
  • Gaines, Randal (D) Absent
  • Garofalo, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Geymann, Brett (R) Yea
  • Glover, Cedric (D) Nay
  • Goudeau, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Green, Kyle (D) Nay
  • Harris, Lance (R) Yea
  • Hilferty, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Hodges, Valarie (R) Yea
  • Hollis, Paul (R) Yea
  • Horton, Dodie (R) Yea
  • Hughes, Jason (D) Nay
  • Huval, Mike (R) Yea
  • Illg, John (R) Yea
  • Ivey, Barry (R) Yea
  • Jefferson, Patrick (D) Nay
  • Jenkins, Samuel (D) Nay
  • Johnson, Cazerrick (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Mike (R) Absent
  • 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) Nay
  • Marino, Joseph (R) Yea
  • McCormick, Danny (R) Yea
  • McFarland, Jack (R) Yea
  • McKnight, Scott (R) Yea
  • McMahen, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Miguez, Blake (R) Yea
  • Miller, Dustin (D) Absent
  • Miller, Gregory (R) Nay
  • Mincey, Buddy (R) Yea
  • Moore, Pat (D) Absent
  • 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) Absent
  • 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) Absent
  • St. Blanc, Vincent (R) Yea
  • Stagni, Joseph (D) Absent
  • 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) Absent
  • Wright, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zeringue, Jerome (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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