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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 8 2022 Regular Session Fontenot
WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides an exception to the illegal carrying of weapons for
certain persons
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Makes technical changes relative to placement of proposed law.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Present law provides that present law shall not prohibit certain active persons from
possessing and concealing a handgun on their person when such persons are qualified
annually in the use of firearms by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training
(P.O.S.T.).
Proposed law retains present law and adds city prosecutors, designated assistant city
prosecutors, a U.S. representative from La. and his designated, employed congressional
staffer, a U.S. senator from La. and his designated, employed congressional staffer, and
retired members of the U.S. Congress to the list of certain active persons who are not
prohibited from possessing and concealing a handgun when the person is qualified annually
by P.O.S.T.
(Amends R.S. 14:95(H)(1) and (K))
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