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2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 152
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARCELLE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PRIVATE SECURITY: Provides relative to private security examiners
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 37:3272(A)(introductory paragraph), (1), and (15) and
3 3276.2(A), (B), (C)(2) and (3), and (D)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S.
4 37:3272(A)(20), relative to private security examiners; to provide for definitions; to
5 provide for the authority to obtain criminal history record information; to provide for
6 the use of fingerprints and identifying information; and to provide for related
7 matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 37:3272(A)(introductory paragraph), (1), and (15) and 3276.2(A),
10(B), (C)(2) and (3), and (D)(introductory paragraph) are hereby amended and reenacted and
11R.S. 37:3272(A)(20) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 §3272. General definition of terms
13 A. As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following
14 meanings ascribed to them:
15 (1) "Applicant" means a person who seeks to be examined for licensure or
16 registration by the board. an individual who has made application to the board for the
17 issuance or reinstatement of any license, registration, certificate, permit, or any other
18 designation considered necessary to engage in the practice of private security in this
19 state that the board is authorized by law to issue.
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1 (15) "Qualifying agent" means a responsible officer or executive employee
2 meeting the experience qualifications set forth herein. any owner or manager of a
3 private security business with the authority to make executive decisions for that
4 business, who meets the qualifications as outlined in R.S. 37:3276.
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6 (20) "Licensure" means the granting of any license, permit, certification, or
7 registration that the board is authorized to issue pursuant to this Chapter.
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9 §3276.2. Authority to obtain criminal history record information
10 A. The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is vitally important to the
11 public safety, interest, and welfare to protect Louisiana citizens, their residences,
12 businesses, and other property, as well as visitors to the state, by reasonably
13 regulating the licensure and registration of persons performing private security
14 activity in the state.
15 B. As used in this Section:
16 (1) "Applicant" means an individual who has made application to the board
17 for the issuance or reinstatement of any license, registration, certificate, permit, or
18 any other designation considered necessary to engage in the practice of private
19 security in this state that the board is authorized by law to issue.
20 (2) "Armored car company" or "armed courier company" means any person
21 that provides secured transportation and protection from one place or point to another
22 place or point involving money, currency, coins, bullion, securities, bonds, jewelry,
23 or other valuables.
24 (1)(3) "Board" means the Louisiana State Board of Private Security
25 Examiners, an agency in the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
26 (2)(4) "Bureau" means the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and
27 Information of the office of state police within the Department of Public Safety and
28 Corrections.
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1 (5) "Contract security company" means any person engaging in the business
2 of providing, or which undertakes to provide, a security officer on a contractual basis
3 for another person.
4 (3)(6) "Criminal history record information" means all state records of arrest,
5 prosecution, and conviction, including those which have been expunged or dismissed
6 pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 893 and 894, and national records
7 which include fingerprints of the applicant and other identifying information, if so
8 requested by the board.
9 (4)(7) "FBI" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States
10 Department of Justice.
11 (8) "Instructor" means any person approved and licensed by the board to
12 administer and certify the successful completion of the required minimum training
13 requirements for security officers.
14 (9) "Licensure" means the granting of any license, permit, certification, or
15 registration that the board is authorized to issue pursuant to this Chapter.
16 (10) "Private security business" is any entity that provides protection to
17 persons and property, excluding any law enforcement agency, but including any:
18 (a) Contract security company.
19 (b) Armored car company or armed courier company.
20 (11) "Qualifying agent" means any owner or manager of a private security
21 business with the authority to make executive decisions for that business, who meets
22 the qualifications as outlined in R.S. 37:3276.
23 (12) "Security officer" means an individual who is employed by a contract
24 security company whether armed or unarmed, to protect a person or persons or
25 property or both, and whose duties include but are not limited to the following:
26 (a) Prevention of unlawful intrusion or entry.
27 (b) Prevention of larceny.
28 (c) Prevention of vandalism.
29 (d) Protection of property or person.
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1 (e) Prevention of abuse.
2 (f) Prevention of arson.
3 (g) Prevention of trespass on private property.
4 (h) Control, regulation, or direction of the flow or movements of the public,
5 except on public streets, whether by vehicle, on foot, or otherwise.
6 (i) Street patrol service or merchant patrol service, which is any contract
7 security company that utilizes foot patrols, motor vehicles, or any other means of
8 transportation in public areas or on public thoroughfares in the performance of its
9 security functions.
10 C.
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12 (2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the board's use of
13 fingerprints shall be for the limited purpose of determining the licensure or
14 registration eligibility of each applicant and conducting directly related matters in
15 accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq., or other
16 applicable law.
17 (3) The board is entitled to the criminal history record and identification files
18 of the bureau of any person who is licensed or registered has licensure or who is
19 applying to be licensed or registered for licensure as a private security business,
20 qualifying agent, instructor, or security officer. Fingerprints and other identifying
21 information of the applicant shall be submitted to the bureau, and the bureau shall,
22 upon request of the board and after receipt of the fingerprint card fingerprints and
23 other identifying information from the applicant, make available to the board all
24 arrest and conviction information contained in the bureau's criminal history record
25 and identification files which pertain to the applicant for licensure or registration.
26 In addition, the fingerprints shall be forwarded by the bureau to the FBI for a
27 national criminal history record check.
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1 D. In addition to the other requirements of this Chapter, the board may
2 require an applicant to do any of the following to determine the licensure or
3 registration eligibility of an applicant:
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 152 Original 2025 Regular Session Marcelle
Abstract: Provides relative to private security examiners.
Present law provides for definitions.
Proposed law amends the definitions for "applicant" and "qualifying agent" and adds the
definition for "licensure".
Proposed law replicates definitions.
Present law provides for the authority of the board to obtain criminal history record
information.
Proposed law removes language regarding present law applying to the registration of persons
performing private security activity in the state.
Proposed law clarifies present law to amend fingerprint card to fingerprints.
(Amends R.S. 37:3272(A)(intro. para.), (1), and (15) and 3276.2(A), (B), (C)(2) and (3), and
(D)(intro. para.); Adds R.S. 37:3272(A)(20))
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