GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 446 2023 Regular Session Miguez
WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Provides relative to online handgun education course
curriculum.
DIGEST
Present law provides relative to statewide permits for concealed handguns and provides for
qualifications of a Louisiana resident to obtain a concealed handgun permit, including the
requirement that a resident not chronically and habitually use alcoholic beverages to the
extent that his normal faculties are impaired. Present law provides that it shall be presumed
that an applicant or permittee chronically and habitually uses alcoholic beverages to the
extent that his normal faculties are impaired if the applicant has been found guilty of, or
entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, or has
been admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, for treatment as an alcoholic within a
certain time period.
Proposed law removes the present law presumption that an applicant or permittee chronically
and habitually uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that his normal faculties are impaired
if the applicant has been found guilty of or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to
operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Proposed law provides that no concealed handgun permit shall be suspended or revoked
solely upon the basis of an arrest for a first offense driving while intoxicated.
Present law provides that the DPS&C, office of state police, shall provide a two-hour online
handgun education course at no cost to La. residents.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides for the length of the online course to be two hours.
Proposed law amends present law to change the length of the online course from two hours
to two hours and 15 minutes.
Present law provides that the online handgun education course shall cover all of the
following topics:
(1)Handgun basics and nomenclature.
(2)Firearm-free zones.
(3)Use of deadly force.
(4)Interactions with law enforcement officers.
(5)Conflict resolution.
(6)Accident prevention.
(7)Unauthorized access prevention.
(8)Safe handling of a handgun.
Proposed law retains present law, but amends the topic of "handgun basics and
nomenclature" to include handling procedures for a revolver and a semiautomatic pistol.
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Prepared by Michelle D. Ridge. Proposed law further combines the topic of "safe storage of firearms" with the topic of
"accident prevention".
Proposed law further adds the topic of "suicide prevention, with an emphasis on the impact
of firearm-related suicides involving veterans and current service members of the U.S.
Armed Forces" to the course.
Present law provides that the DPS&C, office of state police, shall divide the topics provided
in present law into eight video segments that shall broadcast for no less than 15 minutes per
segment.
Proposed law amends present law to change the number of video segments from eight to
nine, but still provides that the video segments that shall broadcast for no less than 15
minutes per segment.
(Amends R.S. 40:1379.3(C)(8) and 1379.3.3(B), (D)(1) and (6), and (F)(2); Adds R.S.
40:1379.3(I)(6) and 1379.3.3(D)(9))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary B to the
engrossed bill
1. Removes present law presumption that provides that an applicant for a
concealed handgun permit chronically and habitually uses alcoholic
beverages to the extent that his normal faculties are impaired if the applicant
has been found guilty of or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to
operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
2. Adds that no concealed handgun permit shall be suspended or revoke solely
upon the basis of an arrest for a first offense operating while intoxicated.
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Prepared by Michelle D. Ridge.