---
type: "Bill"
title: "WEAPONS: Prohibits possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices by certain felons. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "WEAPONS: Prohibits possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices by certain felons. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 377"
citation: "Louisiana SB 377 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caleb Kleinpeter"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-11"
last_action: "2024-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45c9dff0-448d-4c6f-bd75-0c7a4c27e57e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246675"
source_hash: "aa78a87ecfba14475416c15bcfbc6e7cd7d479d425b917fdfd46532436b48cd3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 377 (2024) — WEAPONS: Prohibits possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices by certain felons. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB377 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353532)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3208, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366465)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3222, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366622)
4. **SB377 Act 63** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375778)
5. **SB377 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355814)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #796, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354512)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #931, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355668)
8. **SB377 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372378)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#535) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#126) — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#878) — **73–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caleb Kleinpeter — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-05-15** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 63. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/13/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-07** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays.
- **2024-05-06** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 23. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2024.
- **2024-04-22** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments (9-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-25** Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 10 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-19** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45c9dff0-448d-4c6f-bd75-0c7a4c27e57e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).