HB 8 - Authorizes Current and Former Officials to Carry Handguns - Louisiana Key Vote
Stuart Bishop voted Yea (Concurrence Vote) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- June 15, 2022
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- June 5, 2022
- Senate Bill Passed
- June 2, 2022
- House Bill Passed
- March 29, 2022
- Introduced
- Jan. 18, 2022
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Title: Authorizes Current and Former Officials to Carry Handguns
Signed by Governor John Bel Edwards
Title: Authorizes Current and Former Officials to Carry Handguns
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes current and former officials to carry handguns.
Highlights:
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Establishes exemption from weapons carrying laws for “city prosecutors, designated assistant city prosecutors, a United States representative from Louisiana and his designated, employed congressional staffer, a United States senator from Louisiana and his designated, employed congressional staffer” (Page 1).
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Authorizes retired members of Congress to possess and conceal handguns (Page 2).
Title: Authorizes Current and Former Officials to Carry Handguns
Title: Authorizes Current and Former Officials to Carry Handguns
Title: Authorizes Current and Former Officials to Carry Handguns