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Proposed Louisiana Firearm Legislation SB118

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms. (8/1/21) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Subject: WEAPONS

Description: Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms. (8/1/21) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Notice Senate's motion to override the Governor's veto failed to pass.

Last Action Date: July 20, 2021

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

38 sponsors: John Morris (R); Stewart Cathey (R); Heather Cloud (R); Michael Fesi (R); Sharon Hewitt (R); Robert Mills (R); Barrow Peacock (R); Mack White (R); Glen Womack (R); Beryl Amedee (R); Tony Bacala (R); Dewith Carrier (R); Mack Cormier (D); Raymond Crews (R); Phillip DeVillier (R); Rick Edmonds (R); Julie Emerson (R); Gabe Firment (R); Bryan Fontenot (R); Larry Frieman (R); Foy Gadberry (R); Raymond Garofalo (R); Lance Harris (R); Dodie Horton (R); Barry Ivey (R); Mike Johnson (R); Travis Johnson (D); Danny McCormick (R); Jack McFarland (R); Blake Miguez (R); Joseph Orgeron (R); Charles Owen (R); Robert Owen (R); Neil Riser (R); Rodney Schamerhorn (R); Alan Seabaugh (R); Francis Thompson (D); William Wheat (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 97% (38 of 39)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jul 20, 2021 Reconsidered.
House Jul 20, 2021 Notice Senate's motion to override the Governor's veto failed to pass.
Senate Jul 20, 2021 By a vote of 23 yeas and 15 nays, the motion to override the Governor's veto failed to be adopted. Motion to reconsider laid on the table.
Senate Jul 20, 2021 Rules suspended.
Senate Jul 20, 2021 Veto message from the Governor received and read.
Senate Jun 24, 2021 Vetoed by the Governor.
Senate Jun 6, 2021 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2021.
Senate Jun 3, 2021 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
House Jun 3, 2021 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
Senate Jun 1, 2021 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays.
House May 27, 2021 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 28. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
Senate May 27, 2021 Received from the House with amendments.
House May 26, 2021 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2021.
House May 25, 2021 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
House May 24, 2021 Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
House May 20, 2021 Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
House May 20, 2021 Rules suspended.
House May 19, 2021 Reported with amendments (6-4). To be recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.
House Apr 29, 2021 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House Apr 28, 2021 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
Senate Apr 27, 2021 By a vote of 26 yeas and 11 nays.
Senate Apr 27, 2021 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Senate Apr 27, 2021 Rules suspended.
Senate Apr 20, 2021 Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate Apr 19, 2021 Reported favorably.
Senate Apr 12, 2021 Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Senate Mar 30, 2021 Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Enrolled not available state link bill text
Engrossed not available state link bill text
Engrossed not available state link bill text
Introduced not available state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
Senate Floor Amendment #1185 Peterson Rejected Senate Floor Amendment #1185 Peterson Rejected Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
Senate Floor Amendment #1166 Jackson Rejected Senate Floor Amendment #1166 Jackson Rejected Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
Senate Floor Amendment #1108 Mills Robert Withdrawn Senate Floor Amendment #1108 Mills Robert Withdrawn Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
Senate Floor Amendment #852 Morris Jay Adopted Senate Floor Amendment #852 Morris Jay Adopted Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text Yes
House Committee Amendment #3204 ACRJ Draft House Committee Amendment #3204 ACRJ Draft Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
House Committee Amendment #3216 ACRJ Proposed House Committee Amendment #3216 ACRJ Proposed Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
House Legislative Bureau Amendment #2436 BUREAU Proposed House Legislative Bureau Amendment #2436 BUREAU Proposed Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
04/27/2021 26 11 0 2 Yes
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Yea
  • Allain, R (R) Yea
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Nay
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Yea
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Nay
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Carter, Troy (D) Nay
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Yea
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Yea
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Nay
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Yea
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Nay
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Yea
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Nay
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Absent
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Nay
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Yea
  • Mills, Fred (R) Yea
  • Mills, Robert (R) Yea
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Yea
  • Morris, John (R) Yea
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Nay
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Yea
  • Price, Edward (D) Nay
  • Reese, Mike (R) Yea
  • Smith, Gary (D) Yea
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Nay
  • Ward, Rick (D) Absent
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
  • Womack, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/27/2021 26 11 0 2 Yes
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Yea
  • Allain, R (R) Yea
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Nay
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Yea
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Nay
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Carter, Troy (D) Nay
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Yea
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Yea
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Nay
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Yea
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Nay
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Yea
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Nay
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Absent
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Absent
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Yea
  • Mills, Fred (R) Yea
  • Mills, Robert (R) Yea
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Yea
  • Morris, John (R) Yea
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Nay
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Yea
  • Price, Edward (D) Nay
  • Reese, Mike (R) Yea
  • Smith, Gary (D) Nay
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Nay
  • Ward, Rick (D) Yea
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
  • Womack, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/27/2021 12 26 0 1 No
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Nay
  • Allain, R (R) Nay
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Yea
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Nay
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Yea
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Carter, Troy (D) Yea
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Nay
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Nay
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Nay
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Yea
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Nay
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Yea
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Nay
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Nay
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Nay
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Yea
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Absent
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Nay
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Yea
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Nay
  • Mills, Fred (R) Nay
  • Mills, Robert (R) Nay
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Nay
  • Morris, John (R) Nay
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Nay
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Yea
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Nay
  • Price, Edward (D) Yea
  • Reese, Mike (R) Nay
  • Smith, Gary (D) Yea
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Nay
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Yea
  • Ward, Rick (D) Nay
  • White, Mack (R) Nay
  • Womack, Glen (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/27/2021 11 27 0 1 No
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Nay
  • Allain, R (R) Nay
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Yea
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Nay
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Yea
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Carter, Troy (D) Yea
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Nay
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Nay
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Nay
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Yea
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Nay
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Yea
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Nay
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Nay
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Nay
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Yea
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Absent
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Nay
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Yea
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Nay
  • Mills, Fred (R) Nay
  • Mills, Robert (R) Nay
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Nay
  • Morris, John (R) Nay
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Nay
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Yea
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Nay
  • Price, Edward (D) Yea
  • Reese, Mike (R) Nay
  • Smith, Gary (D) Nay
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Nay
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Yea
  • Ward, Rick (D) Nay
  • White, Mack (R) Nay
  • Womack, Glen (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/27/2021 27 11 0 1 Yes
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Yea
  • Allain, R (R) Yea
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Nay
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Yea
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Nay
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Carter, Troy (D) Nay
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Yea
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Yea
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Nay
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Yea
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Nay
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Yea
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Nay
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Absent
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Nay
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Yea
  • Mills, Fred (R) Yea
  • Mills, Robert (R) Yea
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Yea
  • Morris, John (R) Yea
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Nay
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Yea
  • Price, Edward (D) Nay
  • Reese, Mike (R) Yea
  • Smith, Gary (D) Yea
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Nay
  • Ward, Rick (D) Yea
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
  • Womack, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/27/2021 9 0 0 30 Yes
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Absent
  • Allain, R (R) Absent
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Absent
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Absent
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Absent
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Absent
  • Carter, Troy (D) Absent
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Yea
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Absent
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Absent
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Yea
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Absent
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Absent
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Absent
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Absent
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Absent
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Absent
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Absent
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Absent
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Absent
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Absent
  • Mills, Fred (R) Absent
  • Mills, Robert (R) Yea
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Absent
  • Morris, John (R) Absent
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Absent
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Absent
  • Price, Edward (D) Absent
  • Reese, Mike (R) Absent
  • Smith, Gary (D) Absent
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Absent
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Absent
  • Ward, Rick (D) Absent
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
  • Womack, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/27/2021 73 28 0 4 Yes
  • Adams, Roy (I) Yea
  • Amedee, Beryl (R) Yea
  • Bacala, Tony (R) Yea
  • Bagley, Lawrence (R) Yea
  • Beaullieu, Beau (R) Yea
  • Bishop, Stuart (R) Yea
  • Bourriaque, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Brass, Ken (D) Nay
  • Brown, Chad (D) Yea
  • Bryant, Marcus (D) Nay
  • Butler, Rhonda (R) Yea
  • Carpenter, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Carrier, Dewith (R) Yea
  • Carter, Gary (D) Nay
  • Carter, Robert (D) Yea
  • Carter, Wilford (D) Nay
  • Cormier, Mack (D) Yea
  • Coussan, Jean-paul (R) Yea
  • Cox, Kenny (D) Absent
  • Crews, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Davis, Paula (R) Yea
  • DeVillier, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Deshotel, Daryl (R) Yea
  • DuBuisson, Mary (R) Yea
  • Duplessis, Royce (D) Nay
  • Echols, Michael (R) Yea
  • Edmonds, Rick (R) Yea
  • Edmonston, Kathy (R) Yea
  • Emerson, Julie (R) Yea
  • Farnum, Les (R) Yea
  • Firment, Gabe (R) Yea
  • Fontenot, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Aimee (D) Nay
  • Freiberg, Barbara (R) Absent
  • Frieman, Larry (R) Yea
  • Gadberry, Foy (R) Yea
  • Gaines, Randal (D) Nay
  • Garofalo, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Geymann, Brett (R) Yea
  • Glover, Cedric (D) Nay
  • Goudeau, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Green, Kyle (D) Nay
  • Harris, Lance (R) Yea
  • Hilferty, Stephanie (R) Absent
  • Hodges, Valarie (R) Yea
  • Hollis, Paul (R) Yea
  • Horton, Dodie (R) Yea
  • Hughes, Jason (D) Nay
  • Huval, Mike (R) Yea
  • Illg, John (R) Yea
  • Ivey, Barry (R) Yea
  • James, Edward (D) Nay
  • Jefferson, Patrick (D) Nay
  • Jenkins, Samuel (D) Nay
  • Johnson, Cazerrick (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Mike (R) Yea
  • Jones, Frederick (D) Absent
  • Jordan, Edmond (D) Nay
  • Kerner, Timothy (R) Yea
  • LaCombe, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Landry, Mandie (D) Nay
  • Larvadain, Ed (D) Nay
  • Lyons, Rodney (D) Nay
  • Mack, Sherman (R) Yea
  • Magee, Tanner (R) Yea
  • Marcelle, Denise (D) Nay
  • Marino, Joseph (R) Nay
  • McCormick, Danny (R) Yea
  • McFarland, Jack (R) Yea
  • McKnight, Scott (R) Yea
  • McMahen, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Miguez, Blake (R) Yea
  • Miller, Dustin (D) Nay
  • Miller, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Mincey, Buddy (R) Yea
  • Moore, Pat (D) Nay
  • Muscarello, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Nelson, Richard (R) Yea
  • Newell, Candace (D) Nay
  • Orgeron, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Owen, Charles (R) Yea
  • Owen, Robert (R) Yea
  • Phelps, Tammy (D) Nay
  • Pierre, Vincent (D) Nay
  • Pressly, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Riser, Neil (R) Yea
  • Romero, Troy (R) Yea
  • Schamerhorn, Rodney (R) Yea
  • Schexnayder, Clay (R) Yea
  • Schlegel, Laurie (R) Yea
  • Seabaugh, Alan (R) Yea
  • Selders, Larry (D) Nay
  • St. Blanc, Vincent (R) Yea
  • Stagni, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Stefanski, John (R) Yea
  • Tarver, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Thomas, Polly (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Francis (D) Yea
  • Turner, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Villio, Debbie (R) Yea
  • Wheat, William (R) Yea
  • White, Malinda (D) Yea
  • Willard, Matthew (D) Nay
  • Wright, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zeringue, Jerome (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/1/2021 27 9 0 2 Yes
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Yea
  • Allain, R (R) Yea
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Nay
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Yea
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Nay
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Yea
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Yea
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Nay
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Yea
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Nay
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Yea
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Nay
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Yea
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Nay
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Yea
  • Mills, Fred (R) Yea
  • Mills, Robert (R) Yea
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Yea
  • Morris, John (R) Yea
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Nay
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Yea
  • Price, Edward (D) Nay
  • Reese, Mike (R) Yea
  • Smith, Gary (D) Yea
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Absent
  • Ward, Rick (D) Absent
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
  • Womack, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
07/20/2021 23 15 0 1 Yes
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Yea
  • Allain, R (R) Yea
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Nay
  • Bernard, Louie (R) Nay
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Nay
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Carter, Troy (D) Nay
  • Cathey, Stewart (R) Yea
  • Cloud, Heather (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Fesi, Michael (R) Yea
  • Fields, Cleo (D) Nay
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Nay
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Nay
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Yea
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Yea
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Nay
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Absent
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Nay
  • McMath, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Milligan, Barry (R) Yea
  • Mills, Fred (R) Yea
  • Mills, Robert (R) Yea
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Yea
  • Morris, John (R) Yea
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Nay
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Yea
  • Price, Edward (D) Nay
  • Reese, Mike (R) Yea
  • Smith, Gary (D) Nay
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Nay
  • Ward, Rick (D) Yea
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
  • Womack, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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