RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 56 (SB 105) 2024 Regular Session Seabaugh
Existing law provides relative to the crime of possession of firearms or carrying a concealed
weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies.
Prior law provides that a person convicted of attempting to violate existing law will be
imprisoned at hard labor for not more than seven and one-half years and fined between $500
and $2,500.
New law provides that a person convicted of attempting to violate existing law will 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.
Prior law provides that a violation of existing law relative to possession of a firearm by a
felon will be deemed a crime of violence if the person violated existing law while
committing a crime of violence and has a prior conviction for committing a crime of
violence.
New law provides that a violation of existing law relative to possession of a firearm by a
felon will be deemed a crime of violence if the person either violated prior law while
committing a crime of violence or has a prior conviction for committing a crime of violence.
New law otherwise retains prior law.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 14:95.1(B) and (D))