---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides relative to the illegal or negligent carrying of a concealed handgun. (7/4/24)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides relative to the illegal or negligent carrying of a concealed handgun. (7/4/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 507"
citation: "Louisiana SB 507 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirk Talbot"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-06"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab59f526-c724-4b9d-b8a0-f6bebe9953c9"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247493"
source_hash: "3044d55f0cd5eefe298906c9c076724ee53d398ed0b0c9b133fa5b52112111d0"
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 507 (2024) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides relative to the illegal or negligent carrying of a concealed handgun. (7/4/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB507 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371498)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4815, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376035)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4889, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376335)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #4942, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376836)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #4952, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376901)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #5168, Illg, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378672)
7. **SB507 Act 535** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382240)
8. **SB507 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372335)
9. **SB507 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374618)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3224, Miguez, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372654)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3254, Talbot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372783)
12. **SB507 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380469)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1436) — **55–46** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#1352) — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#708) — **27–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kirk Talbot — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date 7/4/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 535. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays.
- **2024-05-29** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 55, nays 46. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-21** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-14** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-08** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-07** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-05-06** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 419. 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/ab59f526-c724-4b9d-b8a0-f6bebe9953c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).