Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 71 — LIABILITY/CIVIL: Adds armed security officers as authorized persons subject to a limitation of liability under certain circumstances

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 613.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 03, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 02, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill allows armed security officers to have limited liability in certain situations.

This legislation extends a limitation of liability to armed security officers under specific conditions. This means that under certain circumstances, they may not be held fully responsible for actions taken while performing their duties.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

27 added · 29 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the updated version of Bill HB 71, a reference to "ACT No. 613" has been removed. This change likely means that the bill no longer relies on certain provisions or definitions from that previous act, which could impact how the bill is applied or understood. This is important because it may simplify the bill's implementation or clarify its intent, making it easier for the public and officials to follow.

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HLS 26RS-270 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
71 BY REPRESENTATIVE CARLSON LIABILITY/CIVIL:
71 BY REPRESENTATIVE CARLSON AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Adds armed security officer as an authorized person subject to a limitation of liability under certain circumstances AN ACT To enact R.S.
9:2793.12(B) and to enact R.S.
9:2793.12(A)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9:2793.12(B) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
9:2793.12(A)(3) is herebyenacted to read as follows:
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An authorized person as defined in this Section shall not be liable for damages for any injury, death, or loss suffered by a perpetrator when the injury, death, or loss is caused by a justified use of force or self-defense through the dischargeofafirearmbytheauthorizedperson.Anarmedsecurityofficerisentitled to the limitation of liability provided for in this Section only if the perpetrator is wielding a dangerous weapon as defined in R.S.
14:2 at the time the armed security Page 1 of 2 CODING:
HLS 26RS-270 ENGROSSED HB NO.
HB NO.
71 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
71 ENROLLED officer injures the perpetrator.
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
This provision shall preclude any right of action by the perpetrator, his survivors, or his heirs.
The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
[R.S.
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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 71 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Carlson Abstract:
Provides that armed security officers are authorized persons for concealed handgun permits and subject to a limitation of liability in certain circumstances.
Present law (R.S.
9:2793.12) provides a limitation of liability for damages related to the justified use of force or self-defense through the discharge of a firearm by an authorized person.
Proposed law retains present law and adds "armed securityofficers" as authorized persons.
(Adds R.S.
9:2793.12(A)(3)) Page 2 of 2 CODING:
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Amendments

2 amendments

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 613.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

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

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 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.

  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

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

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

  12. Reported with amendments.

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

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

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

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

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

  18. Reported favorably (7-1).

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

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

  21. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 40 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1660)

Passed 72 Yea · 25 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 42204
Republican 64103
Unaffiliated 4201
Total 722508
% of votes cast 69%24%0%8%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Nay
Landry, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Nay
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Chasity Martinez Democrat Nay
Dana Henry Democrat Nay
Delisha Boyd Democrat Nay
Ed Murray Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Joy Walters Democrat Nay
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Nay
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Nay
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Nay
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Not Voting
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Not Voting
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1333)

Passed 27 Yea · 10 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 26001
Democrat 01001
Total 271002
% of votes cast 69%26%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Nay
Jay Luneau Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Nay
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Nay
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#576)

Passed 70 Yea · 28 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3202
Republican 66101
Democrat 12504
Total 702807
% of votes cast 67%27%0%7%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Stagni — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Nay
Landry, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Not Voting
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Chasity Martinez Democrat Nay
Dana Henry Democrat Nay
Delisha Boyd Democrat Nay
Ed Murray Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Joy Walters Democrat Nay
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Nay
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Not Voting
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Nay
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Nay
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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HB 71 is sponsored by Josh Carlson (Republican).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 03, 2026. Enacted.
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