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Passed Louisiana Firearm Legislation SB53

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Legislation Overview

Title: Provides certain exceptions to the crime of illegal carrying of weapons.

Subject: WEAPONS

Description: Provides certain exceptions to the crime of illegal carrying of weapons.

Session: 2022 Regular Session

Last Action: Effective date 5/26/2022.

Last Action Date: May 26, 2022

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'.

1 sponsors: Franklin Foil (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 39)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate May 26, 2022 Effective date 5/26/2022.
Senate May 26, 2022 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 126.
Senate May 25, 2022 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
House May 24, 2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
Senate May 24, 2022 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
Senate May 23, 2022 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
House May 18, 2022 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
Senate May 18, 2022 Received from the House with amendments.
House May 17, 2022 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2022.
House May 9, 2022 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
House May 5, 2022 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
House May 4, 2022 Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
House Mar 29, 2022 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House Mar 28, 2022 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
Senate Mar 28, 2022 Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Senate Mar 23, 2022 Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate Mar 22, 2022 Reported favorably.
Senate Mar 14, 2022 Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Senate Feb 22, 2022 Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
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Enrolled not available state link bill text
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Introduced not available state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
House Committee Amendment #3818 ACRJ Proposed House Committee Amendment #3818 ACRJ Proposed Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
House Floor Amendment #4715 Bacala Adopted House Floor Amendment #4715 Bacala Adopted Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text Yes
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
03/28/2022 35 0 0 4 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) Absent
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) 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) Absent
  • 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
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Absent
  • 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
  • Ward, Rick (D) Absent
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
  • Womack, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/18/2022 89 0 0 16 Yes
  • Adams, Roy (I) Yea
  • Amedee, Beryl (R) Yea
  • Bacala, Tony (R) Yea
  • Bagley, Lawrence (R) Absent
  • 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) Absent
  • Butler, Rhonda (R) Yea
  • Carpenter, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Carrier, Dewith (R) Yea
  • Carter, Robert (D) Yea
  • Carter, Wilford (D) Absent
  • Caston Lafleur, Vanessa (D) Yea
  • Cormier, Mack (D) Absent
  • Coussan, Jean-paul (R) Yea
  • Cox, Kenny (D) Absent
  • Crews, Raymond (R) Absent
  • Davis, Paula (R) Absent
  • 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) Yea
  • Freiberg, Barbara (R) Yea
  • Frieman, Larry (R) Absent
  • 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) Absent
  • 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) Yea
  • Jenkins, Samuel (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Cazerrick (D) Absent
  • Johnson, Mike (R) Yea
  • Jordan, Edmond (D) Yea
  • Kerner, Timothy (R) Yea
  • LaCombe, Jeremy (D) Absent
  • Landry, Mandie (D) Absent
  • 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) 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) 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) 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) Absent
  • Zeringue, Jerome (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/23/2022 38 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, 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) 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
  • 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
  • Ward, Rick (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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