--- type: "Bill" title: "WEAPONS: Provides relative to the preemption of state law for firearms" description: "WEAPONS: Provides relative to the preemption of state law for firearms" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2020" identifier: "HB 140" citation: "Louisiana HB 140 (2020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Blake Miguez"] version_count: 8 action_count: 30 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2020-02-24" last_action: "2020-06-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4042f6f-ccaa-4cc4-b844-d71aae0ac1b2" source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237616" source_hash: "4c45ab7cc4512376637e5a121b52f55ba7175c18fcf961965d92f1826c3b8ed9" 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 140 (2020) — WEAPONS: Provides relative to the preemption of state law for firearms ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB140 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1158010) 2. **Conference Committee Report, #2870, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178137) 3. **HB140 Act 299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182376) 4. **HB140 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172297) 5. **HB140 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175591) 6. **House Floor Amendment, #2359, Miguez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174473) 7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2247, Smith, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177255) 8. **HB140 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179237) ## Votes - ADOPT (#732) — **28–8** (pass) · upper - FINAL PASSAGE (#375) — **70–28** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#580) — **32–3** (pass) · upper - REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#670) — **71–24** (pass) · lower - MOTION TO ADOPT (#764) — **71–23** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Blake Miguez — primary (person) - Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person) - Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person) - Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person) - Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person) - Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person) - Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person) - C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Charles Owen — cosponsor (person) - Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person) - Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person) - Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person) - Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person) - Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person) - Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person) - Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person) - John Stefanski — cosponsor (person) - Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person) - Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person) - Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person) - Lance Harris — cosponsor (person) - Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person) - Les Farnum — cosponsor (person) - Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person) - Mark Wright — cosponsor (person) - Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person) - Michael Echols — cosponsor (person) - Mike Huval — cosponsor (person) - Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Neil Riser — cosponsor (person) - Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person) - R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person) - Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person) - Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person) - Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person) - Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person) - Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person) - Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person) - Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person) - Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person) - Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person) - Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person) - Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person) - William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-06-13** Effective date: 08/01/2020. - **2020-06-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 299. `executive-signature` - **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt` - **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate. - **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. - **2020-06-01** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report. - **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 28 yeas and 8 nays. - **2020-06-01** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. - **2020-06-01** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 71, nays 23. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. - **2020-06-01** Conference Committee report received. - **2020-05-31** Notice of Senate conferees appointed. - **2020-05-31** Senate conference committee members appointed: Foil, Mizell, and Smith. - **2020-05-31** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed. - **2020-05-31** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments. - **2020-05-31** House conferees appointed: Miguez, James, and Riser. - **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 71, nays 24, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending. - **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20. - **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments. - **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2020-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. - **2020-05-28** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. - **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee` - **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20. - **2020-05-18** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. - **2020-05-15** Reported favorably (7-3). - **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee` - **2020-02-24** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/24/2020. - **2020-02-24** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee` - **2020-02-24** Prefiled. `filing` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4042f6f-ccaa-4cc4-b844-d71aae0ac1b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).