Please Call and Thank Your State Representative Today!
On Friday morning, June 20, the Louisiana House approved NRA-backed Senate Bill 51, sponsored by State Senator Joe McPherson (D-Woodworth), by a vote of 66-35. SB 51 affirms the rights of law-abiding Louisianans to transport and store firearms in their locked, private motor vehicles, and prohibits property owners, tenants, public or private employers, and businesses from infringing on this right in their parking areas. Late Friday afternoon, the Senate unanimously agreed to House amendments clarifying immunity and liability provisions for businesses.
SB 51 now heads to Governor Bobby Jindal (R) for his expected signature. Thanks to your phone calls and emails in support of SB 51, we were able to overcome significant opposition from business and industry groups and pass this important bill into law. Special thanks go out to State Representatives Ernest Wooton (R-Belle Chasse) and Bodi White (R-Denham Springs) for successfully handling the measure on the House floor.
SB 51 allows all law-abiding employees, invitees, and customers to keep firearms locked in their vehicles while parked on publicly accessible parking lots, unless state or federal law already prohibits the possession of firearms on the premises, or the vehicle in question is company-owned or leased. While SB 51 primarily affects parking lots that are accessible to the general public, businesses which provide secure parking for its customers or employees (parking that is inaccessible to the general public) must also provide storage facilities, such as lockers, for their customers or employees to temporarily place their firearms, or provide alternative parking for customers or employees who wish to transport and store firearms in their private motor vehicles. That alternative parking area must be reasonably close to the secure parking area.
The following State Representatives voted FOR SB 51 on the House floor. Please call and email them and thank them for supporting SB 51. The Legislature adjourns for the end of its session today, June 23, at 6:00 pm, so please contact them at their district offices:
District 86, State Representative Jim Tucker-Speaker of the House
(504) 393-5646
District 21, State Representative John “Andy” Anders (D-Vidalia)
(318) 336-5865
District 30, State Representative James Armes III (D-Leesville)
(337) 238-7004
District 102, State Representative Jeffrey Arnold (D-New Orleans)
(504) 393-5801
District 100, State Representative Austin Badon, Jr. (D-New Orleans)
(504) 243-7783
District 39, State Representative Bobby Badon (D-Carencro)
(337) 896-3482
District 53, State Representative Damon Baldone (D-Houma)
(985) 876-8872
District 7, State Representative Richard Burford (R-Stonewall)
(318) 925-9588
District 9, State Representative Henry Burns (R-Haughton)
(318) 949-2463
District 89, State Representative Timothy Burns (R-Mandeville)
(985) 624-4492
District 6, State Representative Thomas Carmody (R-Shreveport)
(318) 862-9956
District 49, State Representative Simone Champagne (D-Jeanerette)
(337) 276-4916
District 22, State Representative Billy Chandler (D-Dry Prong)
(318) 899-1193
District 19, State Representative Charles Chaney (D-Rayville)
(318) 728-5875
District 43, State Representative Patrick Cortez (R-Lafayette)
(337) 993-7430
District 26, State Representative Herbert Dixon (D-Alexandria)
(318) 487-5661
District 10, State Representative Jean Doerge (D-Minden)
(318) 371-3092
District 72, State Representative John Edwards (D-Amite)
(985) 748-2245
District 20, State Representative Noble Ellington (D-Winnsboro)
(318) 435-7313
District 13, State Representative James Fannin (D-Jonesboro)
(318) 259-6620
District 35, State Representative Brett Geymann (R-Lake Charles)
(337) 491-2315
District 54, State Representative Jerry Gisclair (D-Baton Rouge)
(985) 798-7707
District 66, State Representative Hunter Greene (R-Baton Rouge)
(225) 275-8064
District 41, State Representative Mickey Guillory (D-Eunice)
(337) 457-0194
District 37, State Representative John Guinn (R-Jennings)
(337) 824-0376
District 27, State Representative Lowell Hazel (R-Pineville)
(318) 767-6082
District 103, State Representative Reed Henderson (D-Baton Rouge)
(504) 278-6599
District 82, State Representative Cameron Henry (R-New Orleans)
(504) 736-7135
District 32, State Representative Dorothy Hill (D-Dry Creek)
(800) 259-2118
District 95, State Representative Walker Hines (D-Baton Rouge)
(504) 756-4675
District 15, State Representative Frank Hoffman (R-West Monroe)
(318) 362-4130
District 24, State Representative Frank Howard (R-Many)
(318) 256-4135
District 28, State Representative Robert Johnson (D-Marksville)
(318) 253-8891
District 50, State Representative Sam Jones (D-Franklin)
(337) 828-7778
District 16, State Representative Kay Katz (R-Monroe)
(318) 340-0800
District 36, State Representative Chuck Kleckley (R-Lake Charles)
(337) 475-3016
District 81, State Representative John LaBruzzo (R-Metairie)
(504) 833-7788
District 59, State Representative Eddie Lambert (R-Gonzales)
(225) 644-4947
District 38, State Representative Bernard LeBas (D-Ville Platte)
(337) 363-0152
District 79, State Representative Anthony Ligi, Jr. (R-Metairie)
(504) 456-3173
District 14, State Representative Samuel Little (R-Bastrop)
(318) 556-7026
District 80, State Representative Joseph Lopinto III (R-Metairie)
(504) 456-3806
District 94, State Representative Nicholas Lorusso (R-New Orleans)
(504) 483-4711
District 62, State Representative Thomas McVea (R-Jackson)
(225) 634-7470
District 46, State Representative Fred Mills, Jr. (D-Parks)
(337) 845-4240
District 42, State Representative Jack Montoucet (D-Crowley)
(337) 783-2999
District 1, State Representative James Morris (R-Oil City)
(318) 995-6852
District 23, State Representative Rickey Nowlin (R-Natchitoches)
(318) 357-7048
District 76, State Representative Kevin Pearson (R-Slidell)
(985) 646-6487
District 47, State Representative Jonathan Perry (R-Abbeville)
(337) 893-5035
District 69, State Representative Erich Ponti (R-Baton Rouge)
(225) 362-5301
District 73, State Representative Stephen Pugh (R-Ponchatoula)
(985) 386-7844
District 55, State Representative Jerome Richard (I-Thibodaux)
(985) 447-0999
District 75, State Representative Harold Ritchie (D-Bogalusa)
(985) 730-2147
District 45, State Representative Joel Robideaux (I-Lafayette)
(337) 984-1091
District 25, State Representative Christopher Roy, Jr. (D-Alexandria)
(318) 767-6095
District 77, State Representative John Schroder (R-Covington)
(985) 893-6262
District 74, State Representative Scott Simon (R-Abita Springs)
(985) 893-6246
District 88, State Representative M.J. “Mert” Smiley, Jr. (R-Port Vincent)
(225) 698-9694
District 8, State Representative Jane Smith (R-Bossier City)
(318) 741-2825
District 78, State Representative Kirk Talbot (R-River Ridge)
(504) 736-7299
District 85, State Representative Ricky Templet (R-Gretna)
(504) 361-6013
District 5, State Representative Wayne Waddell (R-Shreveport)
(318) 219-9000
District 64, State Representative Mack “Bodi” White, Jr. (R-Denham Springs)
(225) 791-2199 or (800) 408-9764
District 92, State Representative Thomas Willmott (R-Kenner)
(504) 465-3479
District 105, State Representative Ernest Wooton (R-Belle Chasse)
(504) 393-5649
PS - This session, the Legislature also approved HB 399 introduced by State Representative Wooton, which made a number of changes to the state's right-to-carry law, including a provision to make records on permit holders confidential. That makes Louisiana the 29th state to adopt a confidentiality provision to its carry law! Thanks to State Senator Danny Martiny (R) and State Representative Cameron Henry (R) for working to add this important provision to HB 399.
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