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2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 43
BY SENATOR MCMATH AND REPRESENTATI VE CARVER
WEAPONS. Provides for carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law
enforcement officers. (8/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1379.1.4(B)(2) and to enact R.S. 40:1379.1.4(F), relative to
3 carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement officers; to
4 provide for the definition of qualified retired law enforcement officer to include
5 retired reserve officers; to provide for a definition of reserve officer; and to provide
6 for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 40:1379.1.4(B)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
9 40:1379.1.4(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1379.1.4. Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement
11 officers
12 * * *
13 B. As used in this Section, the term "qualified retired law enforcement
14 officer" means an individual who meets all of the following:
15 * * *
16 (2) Before such separation, was an active, full-time employee or reserve
17 officer of a state or municipal law enforcement agency or sheriff's office and is
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1 certified in the use of firearms by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.
2 * * *
3 F. For the purposes of this Section, "reserve officer" means a reserve or
4 auxiliary municipal police officer that meets all the qualifications provided in
5 R.S. 14:95(G)(3).
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 43 Original 2024 Regular Session McMath
Present law authorizes a retired qualified law enforcement officer who was a full-time
employee and commissioned by the agency or office from which he retired and is carrying
the identification required by his office as a retired law enforcement officer, to carry a
concealed firearm anywhere in the state, including any place open to the public.
Proposed law authorizes a retired reserve law enforcement officer that meets all the other
qualifications of a retired law enforcement officer to carry a concealed firearm anywhere in
the state, including any place open to the public.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 40:1379.1.4(B)(2); adds R.S. 40:1379.1.4(F))
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