LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: SB 377 SLS 24RS 565
Bill Text Version: ENROLLED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: May 9, 2024 11:24 AM Author: KLEINPETER
Dept./Agy.: Corrections
Subject: Possession of Firearms and Ammunition by Certain Felons Analyst: Daniel Druilhet
WEAPONS EN INCREASE GF EX See Note Page 1 of 1
Prohibits possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices by certain felons. (8/1/24)
Current law makes it unlawful for any person who has been convicted of, or has been found not guilty by reason of insanity
for, a crime of violence, which is a felony, or a delineated list of other crimes including, but not limited to, simple burglary,
burglary of a pharmacy, burglary of an inhabited dwelling, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, felony use of
weapons or dangerous instrumentalities, or any violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law, or an
attempt to commit any of the list of crimes included within current law, to possess a firearm or carry a concealed weapon.
Proposed law removes burglary of a pharmacy from the list of crimes for which those convicted cannot possess a firearm or
carry a concealed weapon; adds any person who committed a felony-grade delinquent act while in possession of a firearm, if
adjudicated when the person was 15 or 16 years of age and under 22 years of age at the time of violation, to the list of
those persons for whom it is unlawful to possess a firearm or carry a concealed weapon; provides that it shall not apply to
any person accepted into military service as a member of the armed forces of the United States or the LA National Guard.
EXPENDITURES 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Annual Total
REVENUES 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Annual Total $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION
Proposed law may result in an indeterminable increase in SGF expenditures in the Department of Public Safety &
Corrections-Corrections Services, to the extent that it adds those adjudicated at the age of 15 or 16 of felony-grade
delinquent crimes of violence while in possession of a firearm (and those persons are under the age of 22 at the time the
offenses were committed) to the list of offenders for whom it is unlawful to possess a firearm or carry a concealed weapon.
While the proposed law does not enhance criminal penalties for those convicted of its violation, it has the effect of adding an
additional class of offenders for whom it is illegal to possess a firearm or carry a concealed weapon. The exact fiscal impact
of the passage of this legislation is indeterminable, because it is not known how many people will be convicted and subject
to a sentence of imprisonment as a result of its potential enactment.
SGF expenditures will increase by $107.60 per offender per day to the extent that an offender is convicted, sentenced, and
then subsequently housed in a state facility or $26.39 per offender per day for an offender housed in a local facility.
Corrections Services reports that impacts on offender populations are anticipated to affect the number of offenders held in
local facilities. Corrections Services reports that in managing its offender population, it seeks to fill all beds in state facilities
first, then assigns overflow offenders to local facilities.
For informational purposes, the Office of Juvenile Justice reports that there are at least 166 juveniles currently within secure
and nonsecure custody that have been adjudicated of felony-grade delinquent crimes of violence involving the use of a
firearm. Assuming that additional offenders would be housed at the local level, annual expenditures would begin to exceed
$100,000 with the admission of 11 offenders convicted of possession of a firearm by certain felons each year.
REVENUE EXPLANATION
There is no anticipated direct material effect on governmental revenues as a result of this measure.
Senate Dual Referral Rules House
13.5.1 >= $100,000 Annual Fiscal Cost {S & H} 6.8(F)(1) >= $100,000 SGF Fiscal Cost {H & S}
13.5.2 >= $500,000 Annual Tax or Fee Patrice Thomas
6.8(G) >= $500,000 Tax or Fee Increase
Change {S & H} or a Net Fee Decrease {S} Deputy Fiscal Officer


Statutes affected:
SB377 Original: 14:1(A)
SB377 Engrossed: 14:1(A)
SB377 Enrolled: 14:1(A)
SB377 Act 63: 14:1(A)