SR 177 Louisiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to provide information to the legislature on child firearm deaths and Child Access Prevention laws.

This resolution (SR 177) requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study two key areas: (1) the rate of unintentional child firearm injuries and deaths in Louisiana, and (2) how effective Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws are in other states. It specifically asks the department to analyze data on home firearm storage risks and review CAP laws from other states, which typically require locked storage of loaded firearms to prevent child access. The study is prompted by Louisiana’s high rate of child firearm deaths and its lack of a CAP law, despite many states having such laws. The department will then provide recommendations to the legislature about potentially creating a CAP law in Louisiana.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2025

Committee Review

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 8, 2025 Last action Jun 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

SR177 Original → SR177 Enrolled · 2 edits · Jun 10, 2025

MINOR

The bill was converted from a draft Senate Resolution to its final enrolled version, removing administrative headers and a non-binding digest while retaining the core request for the Department of Health to study child firearm deaths and Child Access Prevention laws. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, as the enrolled version is the legally binding text that will be presented for the Governor's signature.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's effect remains unchanged; it continues to direct the Louisiana Department of Health to examine child firearm injuries and study other states' laws.

TECHNICAL

Removed the original draft header, page numbers, and the non-binding 'Digest' section which summarizes the bill but is not part of the law.

Updated the document title to reflect the 'Enrolled' status, indicating it has passed both legislative chambers and is ready for the Governor.

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Committee

Jun 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read by title and adopted.

upper

Jun 8, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors