RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 702 (SB 393) 2022 Regular Session White
Existing law provides relative to the crime of possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed
weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies. Existing law further provides that it is
unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a "crime of violence", as defined in
existing law, when that crime is a felony, to possess a firearm or carry a concealed weapon.
New law retains existing law and provides that if a violation of existing law is committed
during the commission of a crime of violence and the defendant has a prior conviction of a
crime of violence, then the violation of existing law will be designated as a crime of
violence.
Existing law provides that a "crime of violence" is an offense that has, as an element, the
use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of
another, and that, by its very nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against
the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense, or
an offense that involves the possession or use of a dangerous weapon. Existing law further
designates certain existing law offenses and attempts to commit any of those offenses as
"crimes of violence".
New law retains existing law and adds the existing law crime of possession of a firearm or
carrying a concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies in violation of new
law to the list of crimes of violence.
Effective June 18, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 14:95.1(D); adds R.S. 14:2(B)(29) and 95.1(E))