WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides relative to the right to carry a firearm (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

2026 Regular Session Introduced by Danny McCormick

HB 94 prohibits confiscating or transferring a firearm from a law-abiding citizen without due process and bars related federal funding, with penalties for violations.

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

Purpose

HB 94 seeks to prohibit infringements on the right to keep and bear arms and to prohibit enforcement actions that would confiscate or transfer a firearm from a law-abiding citizen without due process. The bill also blocks governmental acceptance of federal funding tied to enforcement of firearm seizure without due process.

Key Provisions

Firearm dispossession prohibition (Section A)

No firearm shall be confiscated, seized, taken, or transferred from a law-abiding citizen without due process of law.

Federal funding prohibition (Section B)

Governmental entities may not accept federal funding or grants for the implementation, service, or enforcement of any federal statute, order, rule, or regulation that purports to enforce seizure, taking, or transfer of a firearm from a law-abiding citizen without due process.

Penalties (Section C)

Violating the provisions is punishable by:
Fine up to $10,000, and/or
Imprisonment up to 2 years (with or without hard labor), or both.

Definitions (Section D)

Due process: Notice, opportunity to be heard, and a neutral decision-maker when government action affects life, liberty, or property, plus an articulation of a standard of conduct and justification.
Firearm: Includes pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, or assault rifle capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or discharged by an explosive.
Law-abiding citizen: A person not prohibited from possessing a firearm under Louisiana or federal law (e.g., 14:95.1, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)).

Adds New Statute

This bill adds a new R.S. 14:95.11, “Firearm dispossession; prohibition; due process,” to codify the above provisions.

Who/What is Affected

Individuals: Protects law-abiding citizens from firearm confiscation or transfer without due process.

Governmental entities: Limits accepting federal funding tied to enforcement of gun-seizure laws without due process.

Law enforcement and prosecutors: Will operate under the constraint that firearm confiscation or seizure without due process is prohibited; subject to penalties if violated.

Procedural and Timeline Aspects

Introduced by: Representative McCormick (co-sponsor listed as Danny McCormick).

Current status: Read by title and referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice (as of the latest action history).

Initial action: 2026-02-06 (provisionally referred).
Further action: 2026-03-09 (read by title, referred to committee).

Effective date: Not specified in the text provided; typical enactment requires the bill to be passed by both houses and signed by the governor, with any specified effective date in the final enrolled act.

Overall Impact

The bill enshrines strong protections for firearm ownership against confiscation without due process.

It creates potential legal friction with federal gun-seizure authorities or programs, by disallowing acceptance of federal funds tied to such seizures without due process.

It imposes criminal and civil-penalty consequences for noncompliance by state or local actors.

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