The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Jonathon Wagner.
DIGEST
SB 105 Original 2024 Regular Session Seabaugh
Present law makes it a felony for a person previously convicted, or found not guilty by reason of
insanity, of committing or attempting to commit certain felonies, certain misdemeanors, or crimes
designated as sex offenses to posses a firearm or carry a concealed weapon.
Proposed law makes present law applicable to any felony or crime of violence and otherwise retains
present law.
Present law requires someone 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 someone 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 deletes the requirement of a prior crime of violence and otherwise retains present law.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 14:95.1(A), (B), and (D))