WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2021
Last action Jun 7, 2021
Floor votes · House May 5, 2021
How they voted
41–19
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 63
May 5, 2021
D
Democratic21
80% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Nay
R
Republican41
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Jun 1, 2021
Committee
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 10, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
upper
May 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 28, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (8-4-1).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Apr 2, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 27 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Clay Schexnayder
RRepublican
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Foy Gadberry
RRepublican
Co
Gabe Firment
RRepublican
Co
Jerome Zeringue
RRepublican
Co
Joe Orgeron
RRepublican
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