2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 379
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95.1(A), relative to illegal carrying and discharge of
3 weapons; to prohibit possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by
4 persons convicted of certain felonies; to provide for consideration of certain juvenile
5 offenses; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:95.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง95.1. Possession of firearm or carrying concealed weapon by a person convicted of
9 certain felonies
10 A.(1) It is unlawful for any person who has been convicted of, or has been
11 found not guilty by reason of insanity for, a crime of violence as defined in R.S.
12 14:2(B) which is a felony or simple burglary, burglary of a pharmacy, burglary of an
13 inhabited dwelling, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, felony illegal use
14 of weapons or dangerous instrumentalities, manufacture or possession of a delayed
15 action incendiary device, manufacture or possession of a bomb, or possession of a
16 firearm while in the possession of or during the sale or distribution of a controlled
17 dangerous substance, or any violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
18 Substances Law which is a felony, or any crime which is defined as a sex offense in
19 R.S. 15:541, or any crime defined as an attempt to commit one of the above-
20 enumerated offenses under the laws of this state, or who has been convicted under
21 the laws of any other state or of the United States or of any foreign government or
22 country of a crime which, if committed in this state, would be one of the above-
23 enumerated crimes, to possess a firearm or carry a concealed weapon.
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1 (2) This Section shall also apply to any person who committed a
2 felony-grade delinquent act described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection while
3 in possession of a firearm, if adjudicated when that person was sixteen or
4 seventeen years of age, and the person is under age twenty-four years at the
5 time of the violation of this Section.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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