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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 556
BY REPRESENTATIVE WOOTON
WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Amends firearm-free zone provisions with respect to concealed
handgun permit holders
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95.2(C)(4) and R.S. 40:1379.3(N)(11), relative to firearms;2
to provide with respect to firearm-free zones; to provide relative to the possession3
of firearms by concealed handgun permit holders; to retain the prohibition regarding4
the carrying of concealed handguns at a school; to prohibit the carrying of concealed5
handguns on any school campus or school bus; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 14:95.2(C)(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:8
§95.2. Carrying a firearm or dangerous weapon by a student or nonstudent on9
school property, at school-sponsored functions or firearm-free zone10
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C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:12
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(4) The possession of a firearm occurring within one thousand feet of school14
property and entirely on private property, or entirely within a private residence, or15
in accordance with a concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to R.S. 40:1379.116
or R.S. 40:1379.3.17
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Section 2. R.S. 40:1379.3(N)(11) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as19
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§1379.3. Statewide permits for concealed handguns; application procedures;1
definitions2
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N. No concealed handgun may be carried into and no concealed handgun4
permit issued pursuant to this Section shall authorize or entitle a permittee to carry5
a concealed handgun in any of the following:6
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(11) Any school, "firearm-free zone" school campus, or school bus as8
defined in R.S. 14:95.6.9
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Wooton HB No. 556
Abstract: Prohibits carrying a concealed handgun on any school, school property, or school
bus and authorizes concealed handgun permit holders to carry a concealed handgun
within 1,000 feet of school property.
Present law prohibits carrying a firearm at a school, or in a firearm-free zone, and creates
an exception for carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of school property when entirely on
private property, entirely within a private residence, or in accordance with a concealed
handgun permit issued to certain law enforcement officers.
Proposed law retains the provisions of present law and expands the exception to include all
concealed handgun permit holders.
Present law prohibits carrying a concealed handgun within a firearm-free zone.
Proposed law eliminates the 1,000-foot firearm-free zone provision and includes the
prohibition against carrying a concealed handgun at a school, school property, or school bus.
(Amends R.S. 14:95.2(C)(4) and R.S. 40:1379.3(N)(11))