---
type: "Bill"
title: "WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Authorizes a concealed handgun permit holder to carry a concealed handgun in a place of worship"
description: "WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Authorizes a concealed handgun permit holder to carry a concealed handgun in a place of worship"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 334"
citation: "Louisiana HB 334 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Fontenot"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-27"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81548591-13e6-4501-8b6a-16e4ede72e60"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237927"
source_hash: "4149ddd26d3fd9f7f88a93c001bf60d5566075c116399b65caf84be17424bb0a"
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 334 (2020) — WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Authorizes a concealed handgun permit holder to carry a concealed handgun in a place of worship

## Version chain

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

1. **HB334 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1161502)
2. **HB334 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181919)
3. **HB334 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171958)
4. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2356, Fields, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177768)
5. **HB334 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178566)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#600) — **23–9** (pass) · upper
- RETURN CAL - SUBJ TO CALL (#599) — **13–15** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#678) — **76–20** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#384) — **72–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Fontenot — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — 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)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — 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)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 186. `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.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 76, nays 20, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 23 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2020-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **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, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 24. 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 (10-1).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81548591-13e6-4501-8b6a-16e4ede72e60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).