---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to the transfer of firearms of persons who are prohibited from possessing a firearm in domestic abuse cases"
description: "DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to the transfer of firearms of persons who are prohibited from possessing a firearm in domestic abuse cases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "Louisiana HB 279 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Marino"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18e6ee12-a32a-4cbf-8e3e-2115526e8364"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236041"
source_hash: "590b6daa09cf54476b65719d7582e254c02918269f29dc36ab75fe93986e8191"
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 HB 279 (2019) — DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to the transfer of firearms of persons who are prohibited from possessing a firearm in domestic abuse cases

## Version chain

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

1. **HB279 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120244)
2. **HB279 Act 427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144903)
3. **HB279 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130197)
4. **HB279 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136340)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1404, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126642)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1970, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129965)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2485, Marino, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133007)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1518, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130672)
9. **HB279 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142161)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#442) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#870) — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph Marino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 427. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-28** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/19.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably (10-0).
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2019-05-01** Reported with amendments (11-0-1). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18e6ee12-a32a-4cbf-8e3e-2115526e8364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).