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HLS 26RS-919 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 328
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARCELLE
WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Prohibits the carrying of firearms in college or university
dormitories
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95.2(C)(introductory paragraph) and (6) through (8), relative
3 to firearms; to provide relative to the crime of carrying a firearm or dangerous
4 weapon by a student or nonstudent on school property, at school-sponsored
5 functions, or in a firearm-free zone; to provide relative to exceptions for this offense;
6 and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 14:95.2(C)(introductory paragraph) and (6) through (8) are hereby
9 amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 §95.2. Carrying a firearm or dangerous weapon by a student or nonstudent on school
11 property, at school-sponsored functions, or in a firearm-free zone
12 * * *
13 C. The provisions of this Section shall do not apply to any of the following:
14 * * *
15 (6) Any student carrying a firearm to or from a class, in which he is duly
16 enrolled, that requires the use of the firearm in the class. However, such firearm
17 shall not be possessed in the dormitory room of that student.
18 (7) A student enrolled or participating in an activity requiring the use of a
19 firearm including but not limited to any ROTC function under the authorization of
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HLS 26RS-919 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 328
1 a university. However, such firearm shall not be possessed in the dormitory room
2 of that student.
3 (8) A student who possesses a firearm in his dormitory room or while going
4 to or from his vehicle or any other person with permission of the administration.
5 * * *
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 328 Original 2026 Regular Session Marcelle
Abstract: Prohibits the carrying of firearms in college or university dormitories.
Present law provides for the crime of carrying a firearm or dangerous weapon by a student
or nonstudent on school property, at school-sponsored functions, or in a firearm-free zone
and provides for penalties.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law lists exceptions to this criminal offense and provides that three of these
exceptions are as follows:
(1) Any student carrying a firearm to or from a class, in which he is duly enrolled, that
requires the use of the firearm in the class.
(2) A student enrolled or participating in an activity requiring the use of a firearm
including but not limited to any ROTC function under the authorization of a
university.
(3) A student who possesses a firearm in his dormitory room or while going to or from
his vehicle or any other person with permission of the administration.
Relative to the present law exceptions of carrying a firearm to or from a class that requires
the use of the firearm in that class and activities that require the use of a firearm under the
authorization of a university, proposed law prohibits the possession of such firearm in the
dormitory room of that student.
Proposed law further amends present law to remove the dormitory room of a student as a
location where possession of a firearm is permitted as an exception to the present law crime.
(Amends R.S. 14:95.2(C)(intro. para.) and (6)-(8))
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