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HB94 • 2026

WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the right to carry a firearm (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the right to carry a firearm (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Firearms
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Danny McCormick
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House Administration of Criminal Justice - Considered 4/28/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the right to carry a firearm (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the right to carry a firearm (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

What This Bill Does

  • WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the right to carry a firearm (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Draft

Plain English: HCAHB94 4274 4731 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB94 4274 4731 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
  • 94 by Representative McCormick 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, change "R.S.
  • 14:95.11" to "R.S.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB94 4274 4491 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB94 4274 4491 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
  • 94 by Representative McCormick 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 4, after "penalties;" and before "to provide for definitions;" insert "to provide 3 for an exception;" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following: 6 "D.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  2. 2026-02-06 H

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

  3. 2026-02-06 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  4. 2026-02-06 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the right to carry a firearm (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-202 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 94
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCCORMICK
WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the right to carry a firearm
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 14:95.11, relative to firearms; to provide relative to infringements on the right
3 to carry firearms; to prohibit the enforcement of laws that bar individuals from
4 lawfully carrying firearms; to provide for penalties; to provide for definitions; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:95.11 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §95.11. Firearm dispossession; prohibition; due process
9 A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no firearm shall be
10 confiscated, seized, taken, or transferred from a law-abiding citizen without due
11 process of law.
12 B. No governmental entity shall accept federal funding or grants for the
13 implementation, service, or enforcement of a federal statute, order, rule, or regulation
14 that purports to implement or enforce the seizure, taking, or transfer of a firearm
15 from a law-abiding citizen without due process of law.
16 C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more
17 than ten thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than
18 two years, or both.
19 D. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms have the following
20 meanings:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-202 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 94
1 (1) "Due process" means the constitutional requirement that an individual
2 be provided notice, the opportunity to be heard, and a decision by a neutral
3 decision-maker when the government acts in such a manner that denies the
4 individual of life, liberty, or a property interest. The term also includes a
5 demonstration from the government that there is an articulated standard of conduct
6 for its actions with sufficient justification.
7 (2) "Firearm" means any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun,
8 submachine gun, black powder weapon, or assault rifle which is designed to fire or
9 is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is
10 discharged by an explosive.
11 (3) "Law-abiding citizen" means a person who is not prohibited from
12 possessing a firearm pursuant to R.S. 14:95.1, 18 U.S.C. 922(g), or any other state
13 or federal law.
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 94 Draft 2026 Regular Session McCormick
Abstract: Prohibits infringements on a citizen's right to keep and bear arms.
Proposed law prohibits the confiscation, seizure, taking, or transfer of a firearm from a law-
abiding citizen without due process of law.
Proposed law prohibits a governmental entity from accepting federal funding or grants for
the implementation, service, or enforcement of a federal statute, order, rule, or regulation
that purports to implement or enforce the seizure, taking, or transfer of a firearm from a law-
abiding citizen without due process of law.
Proposed law provides for a penalty consisting of a fine of not more than $10,000,
imprisonment with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.
Proposed law defines the terms "due process", "firearm", and "law-abiding citizen".
(Adds R.S. 14:95.11)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.