HLS 17RS-79 ENGROSSED
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 67
BY REPRESENTATIVE NORTON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Creates the crime of unlawfully supplying a child with any fully
automatic gun
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 14:95.1.4, relative to offenses affecting public safety; to prohibit persons from
3 supplying a child with any fully automatic gun; to provide for criminal penalties; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:95.1.4 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง95.1.4. Unlawfully supplying a child with any fully automatic gun
8 A. No person shall do any of the following:
9 (1) Give, sell, donate, provide, lend, deliver, or otherwise transfer any fully
10 automatic gun to any child who is twelve years of age or younger.
11 (2) Temporarily transfer any fully automatic gun to any child who is twelve
12 years of age or younger for use in target shooting or on a firing or shooting range or
13 for any other purpose.
14 B. The following penalties shall apply to any person who violates the
15 provisions of this Section:
16 (1) On a first conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than one
17 thousand dollars.
18 (2) On a second conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than five
19 thousand dollars.
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1 (3) On a third or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned for
2 not more than six months.
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)]
HB 67 Engrossed 2017 Regular Session Norton
Abstract: Prohibits any person from supplying a child who is twelve years old or younger
with any fully automatic gun and provides penalties for commission of the offense.
Proposed law prohibits any person from engaging in any of the following:
(1)Giving, selling, donating, providing, lending, delivering, or otherwise transferring
any fully automatic gun to any child who is 12 years of age or younger.
(2)Temporarily transferring any fully automatic gun to any child who is 12 years of age
or younger for use in target shooting or on a firing or shooting range or for any other
purpose.
Proposed law provides that whoever violates proposed law shall be subject to the following
penalties:
(1)On a first conviction - a fine of up to $1,000.
(2)On a second conviction - a fine of up to $5,000.
(3)On a third or subsequent conviction - imprisonment for not more than six months.
(Adds R.S. 14:95.1.4)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Administration of
Criminal Justice to the original bill:
1. Amend proposed law to prohibit supplying a child with any fully automatic gun,
instead of a prohibition on supplying a child with an Uzi submachine gun
specifically.
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