SB44 • 2026

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Requires a law enforcement agency to approve firearms and ammunition carried by its tactical medical professionals. (8/1/26)

Firearms Healthcare Labor

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Alan Seabaugh
Last action: 2026-05-14
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 200
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the criteria for approving firearms and ammunition, nor does it specify what happens if an agency denies a request.

Law Enforcement Requirements for Tactical Medical Professionals

This law requires a police department to approve the guns and bullets that its tactical medical workers carry.

What This Bill Does

Requires law enforcement agencies to approve firearms and ammunition carried by their tactical medical professionals.

Who It Names or Affects

Law enforcement agencies in Louisiana
Tactical medical professionals working with these agencies

Terms To Know

tactical medical professionals: Medical workers who provide emergency care during high-risk situations and are part of law enforcement teams.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the criteria for approving firearms or ammunition.
It is unclear what happens if a tactical medical professional's request to carry specific firearms or ammunition is denied by their agency.

Bill History

2026-05-14 S
Effective date 8/1/2026.
2026-05-14 S
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 200.
2026-05-13 S
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
2026-05-12 H
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-12 S
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-11 S
Received from the House without amendments.
2026-05-11 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-11 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-05-11 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-05-07 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
2026-05-06 H
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-05 H
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
2026-04-29 H
Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-03-25 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
2026-03-24 H
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
2026-03-24 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-03-18 S
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-03-17 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-09 S
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
2026-02-12 S
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

Official Summary Text

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Requires a law enforcement agency to approve firearms and ammunition carried by its tactical medical professionals. (8/1/26)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

2026 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 44
BY SENATOR SEABAUGH
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1379.1.6(E), relative to tactical medical professionals; to
3 provide relative to firearms and ammunition carried by tactical medical
4 professionals; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1379.1.6(E) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §1379.1.6. Tactical medical professionals
8 * * *
9 E. The appointing law enforcement agency shall issue approve any firearm
10 or ammunition that the tactical medical professional carries in accordance with this
11 Section.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
ACT No. 200
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.