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2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 105
BY SENATOR SEABAUGH
CRIME/PUNISHMENT. Provides relative to the crime of possession of or carrying a
concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies. (8/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95.1(B) and (D), relative to the crime of possession of
3 firearms or carrying concealed weapons by a person convicted of certain crimes; to
4 make the crime applicable to a person convicted of any felony; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:95.1(B) and (D) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 ยง95.1. Possession of firearm or carrying concealed weapon by a person convicted of
10 certain felonies
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12 B. Whoever is found guilty of violating the provisions of this Section shall
13 be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than twenty years without
14 the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence and be fined not less than
15 one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars. Notwithstanding the
16 provisions of R.S. 14:27, whoever Whoever is found guilty of attempting to violate
17 the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one
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1 year nor more than seven and one-half years and fined not less than five hundred
2 one thousand dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred five thousand
3 dollars.
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5 D. If a violation of this Section is committed during the commission of a
6 crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), and or the defendant has a prior
7 conviction of a crime of violence, then the violation of this Section shall be
8 designated as a crime of violence.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jonathon Wagner.
DIGEST
SB 105 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Seabaugh
Present law provides relative to the crime of possession of firearms or carrying a concealed
weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies.
Present law requires a person convicted of attempting to violate present law to be imprisoned
at hard labor for not more than seven and one-half years and fined between $500 and $2,500.
Proposed law requires a person convicted of attempting to violate proposed law to be
imprisoned at hard labor for at least one year but not more than seven and one-half years and
fined between $1,000 and $5,000.
Present law requires that a violation of present law be deemed a crime of violence if the
person violated present law while committing a crime of violence and also has a prior
conviction for committing a crime of violence.
Proposed law requires that a violation of present law be deemed a crime of violence if the
person either violated present law while committing a crime of violence or has a prior
conviction for committing a crime of violence.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 14:95.1(B) and (D))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary C to the
original bill
1. Make a violation a crime of violence if the offender has a prior conviction for
a crime of violence.
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