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HB71 • 2026

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Adds armed security officers as authorized persons subject to a limitation of liability under certain circumstances

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Adds armed security officers as authorized persons subject to a limitation of liability under certain circumstances

Firearms
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Josh Carlson
Last action
2026-06-02
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 613
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide additional details about the specific requirements for training or the issuance process of the armed registration card, beyond mentioning that they exist under other statutes.

Adding Armed Security Officers to Liability Protections

This act adds armed security officers to the list of people who have limited liability when using force in self-defense against someone with a dangerous weapon.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds armed security officers as authorized persons under certain conditions.
  • Limits the legal responsibility of armed security officers if they use force in self-defense against someone wielding a dangerous weapon.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Armed security officers who meet certain requirements.
  • People or organizations that hire these security officers.

Terms To Know

Authorized person
A person, including armed security officers, who is allowed to carry a concealed handgun and has limited legal responsibility when using force in self-defense against someone with a dangerous weapon.
Dangerous weapon
An object that can cause serious harm or death if used as intended or in the way it was used.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act only applies to armed security officers who have completed specific training and received an authorized registration card.
  • It does not cover situations where a perpetrator is unarmed, even if they pose a threat.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: SSHB71 4469 6139 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 71 2026 Regular Session Carlson LIABILITY/CIVIL: Adds armed security officers as authorized persons subject to a limitation of liability under certain circumstances Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

  • SSHB71 4469 6139 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 71 2026 Regular Session Carlson LIABILITY/CIVIL: Adds armed security officers as authorized persons subject to a limitation of liability under certain circumstances Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Specifies that the limitation of liability provided for in proposed law only applies to an armed security officer if the perpetrator is wielding a dangerous weapon at the time the armed security officer injures the perpetrator.
  • 2.
  • Makes technical changes.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1660 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 71 BY CARLSON CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 10:44:19 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyer Braud Broussard Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.

  • 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1660 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 71 BY CARLSON CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 10:44:19 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyer Braud Broussard Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.
  • Carver Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fontenot Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Hebert Henry, C.
  • Hilferty Horton Illg Johnson, M.
  • Kerner LaCombe Landry, J.
Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB71 359 4059 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB71 359 4059 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 71 by Representative Carlson 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, change "enact R.S.
  • 9:2793.12(A)(3)," to "amend and reenact R.S.
Draft

Plain English: SCAHB71 359 4036 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB71 359 4036 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 71 by Representative Carlson 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, change "enact R.S.
  • 9:2793.12(A)(3)," to "amend and reenact R.S.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-02 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-06-02 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 613.

  3. 2026-06-01 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-06-01 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-31 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-29 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 24, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-26 S

    Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-21 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  11. 2026-05-20 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. 2026-05-19 S

    Reported with amendments.

  13. 2026-04-21 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  14. 2026-04-20 S

    Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  15. 2026-04-20 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. 2026-04-15 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

  17. 2026-04-14 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  18. 2026-04-13 H

    Reported favorably (7-1).

  19. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  20. 2026-02-06 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/6/2026.

  21. 2026-02-03 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  22. 2026-02-03 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

LIABILITY/CIVIL: Adds armed security officers as authorized persons subject to a limitation of liability under certain circumstances

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 6132026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 71
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARLSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 9:2793.12(B) and to enact R.S. 9:2793.12(A)(3), relative to
3 liability of persons authorized to carry a concealed handgun; to provide that armed
4 security officers are authorized persons; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 9:2793.12(B) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
7 9:2793.12(A)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §2793.12. Limitation of liability; concealed handgun permit; definitions; exceptions
9 A.
10 * * *
11 (3) The term "authorized person" shall also apply to any armed security
12 officer as defined by R.S. 37:3272(A)(2) who has completed the training
13 requirements provided by R.S. 37:3284(B)(2) and who has been issued an armed
14 registration card by the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners.
15 B. An authorized person as defined in this Section shall not be liable for
16 damages for any injury, death, or loss suffered by a perpetrator when the injury,
17 death, or loss is caused by a justified use of force or self-defense through the
18 discharge of a firearm by the authorized person. An armed security officer is entitled
19 to the limitation of liability provided for in this Section only if the perpetrator is
20 wielding a dangerous weapon as defined in R.S. 14:2 at the time the armed security
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1 officer injures the perpetrator. This provision shall preclude any right of action by
2 the perpetrator, his survivors, or his heirs.
3 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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