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.