RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 189 (HB 67) 2024 Regular Session Domangue
Existing law (R.S. 14:95) provides for the crime of illegal carrying of weapons.
Prior law provided certain exceptions to the crime of illegal carrying of weapons when such
persons were qualified annually in the use of firearms by P.O.S.T.
New law adds parish presidents, mayor-presidents, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
secretary of state, the treasurer, the commissioner of agriculture, and the commissioner of
insurance to the list of certain persons who are not prohibited from possessing and
concealing a handgun when the person is qualified annually by P.O.S.T.
New law further adds a former governor, former lieutenant governor, former secretary of
state, former treasurer, former commissioner of agriculture, and former commissioner of
insurance to the list of certain persons who are not prohibited from possessing and
concealing a handgun when the person is qualified annually by P.O.S.T., and requires each
of the listed former officials to provide valid identification showing proof of such status.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 14:95(H)(1) and (K))


Statutes affected:
HB67 Original: 14:95(H)(1)
HB67 Engrossed: 14:95(H)(1)
HB67 Reengrossed: 14:95(H)(1)
HB67 Enrolled: 14:95(H)(1)
HB67 Act : 14:95(H)(1)