The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 118 Original 2021 Regular Session Morris
Present law provides for the crime of "illegal carrying of weapons" in part as the intentional
concealment of any firearm, or other instrumentality customarily used or intended for probable use
as a dangerous weapon on one's person.
Present law provides for certain exceptions to the crime of illegal carrying of weapons, including for
those La. residents issued a concealed handgun permit by the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections.
Proposed law creates an additional exception for those La. residents who do not possess a concealed
handgun permit, but otherwise meet those eligibility requirements.
Present law prohibits a concealed handgun permit holder from carrying and concealing a handgun
while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance.
Proposed law extends the prohibition from carrying and concealing a handgun while under the
influence of alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance to nonpermitted but otherwise legal carriers.
Present law requires a concealed handgun permit holder to notify any police officer who approaches
the permittee in an official manner or with an identified official purpose that he has a weapon on his
person, submit to a pat down, and allow the officer to temporarily disarm him.
Proposed law extends the notification requirement to nonpermitted but otherwise legal carriers.
Effective August 1, 2021.
(Amends R.S. 40:1379.3(B) and (I)(1) and (2); adds R.S. 14:95(M))