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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) — **288** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#375) — **7028** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#580) — **323** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#670) — **7124** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#764) — **7123** (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).