---
type: "Bill"
title: "WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement officers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement officers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 660"
citation: "Louisiana HB 660 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Stagni"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-18"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/067b248a-dc2f-4d5c-9d50-d1858553f2fe"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245148"
source_hash: "3e88a233042212629c242bcce6e5918e43f02a810ad735b80e5f5b1d0c8a1ee7"
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 660 (2023) — WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement officers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB660 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323459)
2. **HB660 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332579)
3. **HB660 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323544)
4. **HB660 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325627)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3242, Stagni, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323984)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2363, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326662)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2456, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327324)
8. **HB660 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331110)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1108) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#840) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#629) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Stagni — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 385. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-06-02** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-31** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/24/2023.
- **2023-05-22** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 38 reported by the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice (12-0-1).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/067b248a-dc2f-4d5c-9d50-d1858553f2fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).