HLS 18RS-756 ENGROSSED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 240
BY REPRESENTATIVES STAGNI AND MARINO
CRIME/FELONIES: Provides relative to the crime of illegally supplying a felon with a
firearm
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95.1.1(B), relative to the crime of illegally supplying a felon
3 with a firearm; to add the possibility of hard labor to the criminal sentence; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:95.1.1(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง95.1.1. Illegally supplying a felon with a firearm
8 * * *
9 B. Whoever commits the crime of illegally supplying a felon with a firearm
10 shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years and may
11 be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars. At
12 least one year of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole,
13 probation, or suspension of sentence.
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are additions. HLS 18RS-756 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 240
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 240 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session Stagni
Abstract: Adds the possibility of hard labor to the criminal sentence for a violation of the
crime of illegally supplying a felon with a firearm.
Present law provides for the crime of illegally supplying a felon with a firearm. Provides
criminal penalties including imprisonment for not more than five years and a potential fine
of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000. At least one year of the sentence imposed
shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
Proposed law adds "with or without hard labor" and otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 14:95.1.1(B))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.