HLSHCAHB94 26RS-2024274 ORIGINAL4491 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

94 BYby REPRESENTATIVERepresentative MCCORMICKMcCormick WEAPONS/FIREARMS:AMENDMENT NO.

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14:95.11,relativetofirearms;toproviderelativetoinfringementsontheright2 toOn carrypage firearms;1, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:

to"D. prohibit the enforcement of laws that bar individuals from lawfully carrying firearms;

ThisSectiondoesnotapplytoanylawenforcementofficerinhisofficial capacitywhile in the performanceof his official duties and shall not be construed to provideimpede foror penalties;restrict any lawful operation, search, or seizure conducted by a law enforcement agency." AMENDMENT NO.

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and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

R.S.

14:95.11 is hereby enacted to read as follows:

§95.11.

Firearm dispossession;

prohibition;

due process A.

Notwithstanding anyprovision of law to the contrary, no firearm shall be confiscated, seized, taken, or transferred from a law-abiding citizen without due process of law.

B.

No governmental entity shall accept federal funding or grants for the implementation,service,orenforcementofafederalstatute,order,rule,orregulation that purports to implement or enforce the seizure, taking, or transfer of a firearm from a law-abiding citizen without due process of law.

C.

Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.

D.

For the purposes of this Section, the following terms have the following meanings:

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HLS 26RS-202 ORIGINAL HB NO.

94 (1) "Due process" means the constitutional requirement that an individual be provided notice, the opportunity to be heard, and a decision by a neutral decision-maker when the government acts in such a manner that denies the individual of life, liberty, or a property interest.

The term also includes a demonstration from the government that there is an articulated standard of conduct for its actions with sufficient justification.

(2) "Firearm" means any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, or assault rifle which is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is discharged by an explosive.

(3) "Law-abiding citizen" means a person who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant to R.S.

14:95.1, 18 U.S.C.

922(g), or any other state or federal law.

DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.

It constitutes nopart 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,ortransferofafirearmfrom 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 thatpurportstoimplementorenforcetheseizure,taking,ortransferofafirearmfromalaw- abiding citizen without due process of law.