HB 71

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 2026 Regular Session
  ACT No. 613
 HOUSE BILL NO. 71
 BY REPRESENTATIVE CARLSON
1AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 9:2793.12(B) and to enact R.S. 9:2793.12(A)(3), relative to
3liability of persons authorized to carry a concealed handgun; to provide that armed
4security officers are authorized persons; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6Section 1.    R.S. 9:2793.12(B) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
7 9:2793.12(A)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8§2793.12. Limitation of liability; concealed handgun permit; definitions; exceptions
9A.
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11(3) The term "authorized person" shall also apply to any armed security
12officer as defined by R.S. 37:3272(A)(2) who has completed the training
13requirements provided by R.S. 37:3284(B)(2) and who has been issued an armed
14registration card by the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners.
15B. An authorized person as defined in this Section shall not be liable for
16damages for any injury, death, or loss suffered by a perpetrator when the injury,
17death, or loss is caused by a justified use of force or self-defense through the
18discharge of a firearm by the authorized person. An armed security officer is entitled
19to the limitation of liability provided for in this Section only if the perpetrator is
20wielding a dangerous weapon as defined in R.S. 14:2 at the time the armed security
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1officer injures the perpetrator. This provision shall preclude any right of action by
2the perpetrator, his survivors, or his heirs.
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  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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