HLS 19RS-104 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 111
BY REPRESENTATIVE STEFANSKI
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CRIME: Provides relative to the crime of disarming of a peace officer
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 14:34.6(B)(1), relative to disarming of a peace officer; to provide
3 relative to the crime of disarming of a peace officer; to amend the definition of "law
4 enforcement equipment" for purposes of the crime; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:34.6(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง34.6. Disarming of a peace officer
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10 B. For purposes of this Section:
11 (1) "Law enforcement equipment" shall include any firearms, weapons,
12 restraints, ballistics shields, forced entry tools, defense technology equipment, self-
13 defense batons, self-defense sprays, chemical weapons, or electro shock weapons
14 issued to a peace officer and used by the peace officer in the course and scope of his
15 law enforcement duties and approved for such use by the peace officer's law
16 enforcement agency.
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are additions. HLS 19RS-104 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 111
DIGEST
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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 111 Original 2019 Regular Session Stefanski
Abstract: Amends the crime of disarming of a peace officer to apply to the taking of
equipment used by the peace officer in the course and scope of his duties and
approved for such use by the peace officer's law enforcement agency.
Present law provides that the crime of disarming of a peace officer is committed when an
offender, through use of force or threat of force, and without the consent of the peace officer,
takes possession of any law enforcement equipment from the person of a peace officer or
from an area within the peace officer's immediate control, when the offender has reasonable
grounds to believe that the victim is a peace officer acting in the performance of his duty.
For these purposes, present law defines "law enforcement equipment" as any firearms,
weapons, restraints, ballistics shields, forced entry tools, defense technology equipment, self-
defense batons, self-defense sprays, chemical weapons, or electro shock weapons issued to
a peace officer and used in the course and scope of his law enforcement duties.
Proposed law amends present law to remove the requirement that the law enforcement
equipment be issued to the peace officer by his law enforcement agency for the crime of
disarming of a peace officer to apply. Proposed law also adds an element of the crime that
the equipment be approved by the peace officer's law enforcement agency for use by the
peace officer in the course and scope of his duties.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 14:34.6(B)(1))
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