---
type: "Bill"
title: "WEAPONS: Provides relative to the right of law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns lawfully without a permit. (7/4/24) (Item #8) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "WEAPONS: Provides relative to the right of law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns lawfully without a permit. (7/4/24) (Item #8) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s2"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Louisiana SB 1 (2024s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Miguez"]
version_count: 19
action_count: 18
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d9627a3-b6fc-49b4-ade1-1ca2d44fbc88"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245605"
source_hash: "6d880d331afb30cce484c0ac3657de5d476c54ffa1e312c855c32e6e748c878b"
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 1 (2024s2) — WEAPONS: Provides relative to the right of law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns lawfully without a permit. (7/4/24) (Item #8) (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1342788)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #159, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346507)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #195, Landry, Mandie, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348251)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #201, Landry, Mandie, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348403)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #203, Landry, Mandie, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348424)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #209, Landry, Mandie, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348574)
7. **SB1 Act 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353165)
8. **SB1 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344519)
9. **SB1 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345354)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #106, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344459)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #117, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344629)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #67, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344201)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #71, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344211)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #136, Barrow, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344965)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #144, Bouie, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344984)
16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #169, Barrow, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345096)
17. **Senate Floor Amendment, #170, Carter, Gary, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345099)
18. **Senate Floor Amendment, #190, Miguez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345218)
19. **SB1 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348797)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#29) — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 144 BY BOUIE, SB 1 BY MIGUEZ (#27) — **10–29** (fail) · upper
- REFER TO committee (#4) — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#65) — **76–28** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 209 BY LANDRY, M., MOTION TO ADOPT (#64) — **29–75** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 170 BY CARTER, SB 1 BY MIGUEZ (#28) — **11–28** (fail) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#30) — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 203 BY LANDRY, M., MOTION TO ADOPT (#63) — **30–73** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 136 BY BARROW, SB 1 BY MIGUEZ (#26) — **12–27** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Miguez — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Geymann — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Chance Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Galle — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Allain — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** Effective date 7/4/2024.
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 1. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-02-29** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 28. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 02/28/2024.
- **2024-02-27** Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-02-26** Reported favorably (10-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 10 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d9627a3-b6fc-49b4-ade1-1ca2d44fbc88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).