ENROLLED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 140
BY REPRESENTATIVES MIGUEZ, AMEDEE, BACALA, BEAULLIEU,
BOURRIAQUE, BUTLER, CARRIER, CORMIER, CREWS, DEVILLIER,
DESHOTEL, DUBUISSON, ECHOLS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FARNUM,
FIRMENT, FONTENOT, FRIEMAN, GADBERRY, GAROFALO, GOUDEAU,
HARRIS, HODGES, HORTON, HUVAL, IVEY, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS
JOHNSON, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MCKNIGHT, MINCEY, CHARLES
OWEN, ROBERT OWEN, PRESSLY, RISER, ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN,
SEABAUGH, STEFANSKI, TURNER, WHEAT, AND WRIGHT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1379.3(N)(5) and 1796(A), relative to the regulation of
3 firearms; to provide relative to the authority of political subdivisions to regulate the
4 sale, purchase, possession, ownership, transfer, transportation, license, or registration
5 of firearms; to provide relative to the concealed carry of handguns and the regulation
6 of firearms by political subdivisions in certain locations; and to provide for related
7 matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 40:1379.3(N)(5) and 1796(A) are hereby amended and reenacted to
10 read as follows:
11 §1379.3. Statewide permits for concealed handguns; application procedures;
12 definitions
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14 N. No concealed handgun may be carried into and no concealed handgun
15 permit issued pursuant to this Section shall authorize or entitle a permittee to carry
16 a concealed handgun in any of the following:
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18 (5) A municipal building or other public building or structure, only if the
19 building or structure is utilized as the meeting place of the governing authority of a
20 political subdivision.
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1 §1796. Preemption of state law
2 A. No governing authority of a political subdivision shall enact after July 15,
3 1985, any ordinance or regulation more restrictive than state law concerning in any
4 way the sale, purchase, possession, ownership, transfer, transportation, license, or
5 registration of firearms, ammunition, or components of firearms or ammunition;
6 however, this Section shall not apply to the levy and collection of sales and use
7 taxes, license fees and taxes and permit fees, nor shall it affect the authority of
8 political subdivisions to prohibit the possession of a weapon or firearm in certain the
9 commercial establishments and public buildings enumerated in R.S. 40:1379.3(N).
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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