2024 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 132
BY SENATOR MILLER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95.2.1(A) and 95.2.2(C)(2), relative to offenses affecting the
3 public; to provide relative to the crimes of illegal carrying of a firearm at a parade
4 and reckless discharge of a firearm at a parade; to provide relative to penalties; to
5 provide relative to exceptions; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:95.2.1(A) and 95.2.2(C)(2) are hereby amended and reenacted to
8 read as follows:
9 §95.2.1. Illegal carrying of a firearm at a parade with any firearm used in the
10 commission of a crime of violence
11 A.(1) Whoever commits the crime of illegal carrying of weapons pursuant to
12 R.S. 14:95 with any firearm used in the commission of a crime of violence as defined
13 in R.S. 14:2(B), within one thousand feet of any parade or demonstration for which
14 a permit is issued by a governmental entity, shall be fined not more than two
15 thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than one
16 year nor more than five years, or both. The entire sentence of imprisonment, not
17 to exceed the first three years for sentences greater than three years, shall be
18 served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
19 (2) Any sentence issued pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection and any
20 sentence issued pursuant to a violation of a crime of violence as defined in R.S.
21 14:2(B) shall be served consecutively.
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23 §95.2.2. Reckless discharge of a firearm at a parade or demonstration
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25 C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:
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27 (2) The possession of a firearm occurring within one thousand feet of a public
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1 gathering entirely within a private residence or in accordance with a concealed
2 handgun permit issued pursuant to R.S. 40:1379.1 and 1379.3.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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