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ACT No. 413
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 128
BY REPRESENTATIVE FONTENOT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95.1(B), relative to possession of a firearm or carrying of a
3 concealed weapon by a felon; to provide for penalties; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:95.1(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง95.1. Possession of firearm or carrying concealed weapon by a person convicted
8 of certain felonies
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10 B.(1) Whoever is found guilty of violating the provisions of this Section
11 shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than twenty years
12 without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence and be fined not
13 less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.
14 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 14:27, whoever is found guilty
15 of attempting to violate the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard
16 labor for not more than seven and one-half years and fined not less than five hundred
17 dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars.
18 (3) If the offender is found guilty of violating the provisions of this Section
19 while on probation or parole, the sentence imposed pursuant to this Subsection shall
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1 be served consecutively with the remaining balance of any sentence to be served for
2 a prior conviction for any offense in accordance with Code of Criminal Procedure
3 Article 901.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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