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HB 836 Original 2018 Regular Session Emerson
Abstract: Authorizes a concealed handgun permit holder to carry a concealed handgun on the
campus of a public postsecondary education institution and provides relative to authority of
the Board of Regents and any postsecondary educational management board in this regard.
Present law (R.S. 40:1379.3) provides for the issuance of a concealed handgun permit for a person
who meets certain eligibility and training requirements.
Present law provides that a concealed handgun permit does not authorize nor entitle the permit
holder to carry a concealed handgun in certain places, including into a school, school campus, or a
school bus.
Proposed law amends present law to provide that the prohibition on carrying a concealed handgun
into any school, school campus, or school bus does not apply to the campus, or in any building or
facility of the campus, of a public postsecondary education institution in this state.
Present law (R.S.14:95.2) prohibits the carrying of firearms on school property and provides for
certain exceptions to this prohibition.
Proposed law adds an exception to this offense for a person who has a valid concealed handgun
permit issued pursuant to present law who carries a concealed handgun on the campus, or in any
building or facility on a campus, of a public postsecondary education institution in the state.
Present law provides for certain duties and responsibilities of the Board of Regents, postsecondary
educational management boards, and public post secondary education institutions.
Proposed law adds to present law the following:
(1)The Board of Regents shall not have the authority to enact a rule that prohibits a person
permitted to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to present law from possessing a concealed
handgun on the campus, or in any building or facility on the campus, of a public
postsecondary education institution. Further, the Board of Regents shall not permit any
employee of a public postsecondary education institution to interfere with the carrying of a
firearm by a person permitted to carry a concealed handgun.
(2)Any postsecondary educational management board or public postsecondary education
institution shall not have the authority to enact a rule that prohibits a person permitted to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to present law from possessing a concealed handgun on
the campus, or in any building or facility on the campus, of a public postsecondary education
institution. Further, such entities shall not permit any employee of an institution to interfere
with the carrying of a firearm by a person permitted to carry a concealed handgun.
(Amends R.S. 40:1379.3(N)(11); Adds R.S. 14:95.2(C)(9) and R.S. 17:3129.9 and 3351.21)