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LouisianaHB 2102026 Regular SessionHouse

ETHICS/CODE: Provides for restrictions on payments from nonpublic sources

Sponsored By: Michael Melerine (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Senate and Governmental AffairsHouse and Governmental Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Local officials get past-job disclosure exemption

Louisiana school board members and parish or municipal governing body members get a disclosure exemption for qualifying employment before June 5, 2024. The employer must have had or sought a contract, business, or financial relationship with their government or an agency it oversees. These officials do not have to make the required employment disclosure for that earlier work. Employment on or after June 5, 2024, remains subject to disclosure requirements.

Statewide elected officials face outside-pay ban

Louisiana statewide elected officials cannot receive pay for lobbying, consulting, or advising. The law bans these types of paid work.

Officials face retroactive rules with exceptions

Louisiana’s 2024 ethics rules on covered employment and disclosures apply to both past and future matters. Matters with a final decision from the Board of Ethics or Ethics Adjudicatory Board are excluded. That decision must have been issued on or before this law’s effective date.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael Melerine

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Dixon Wallace McMakin

    Republican • House

  • Doyle Boudreaux

    Republican • House

  • Jacob Jules Landry

    Republican • House

  • John E. Wyble

    Republican • House

  • Peter F. Egan Sr.

    Republican • House

  • Raymond J. Crews

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 325 • No: 28

Senate vote • 5/31/2026

Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 24 yeas and 12 nays.

Yes: 24 • No: 12

House vote • 5/31/2026

Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 77, nays 16. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

Yes: 77 • No: 16

House vote • 5/26/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/18/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 4/14/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 83 • No: 0

House vote • 4/8/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 787.

    6/8/2026House

  2. Effective date: 06/08/2026.

    6/8/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/2/2026House

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/1/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/1/2026Senate

  6. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 77, nays 16. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

    5/31/2026House

  7. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

    5/31/2026Senate

  8. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 24 yeas and 12 nays.

    5/31/2026Senate

  9. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

    5/31/2026House

  10. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

    5/27/2026Senate

  11. Senate conference committee members appointed: Cathey, Abraham, and Bass.

    5/27/2026Senate

  12. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

    5/27/2026House

  13. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

    5/27/2026House

  14. Conference committee report received.

    5/27/2026Senate

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.

    5/27/2026House

  16. Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

    5/26/2026House

  17. Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

    5/26/2026Senate

  18. House conferees appointed: Melerine, Beaullieu, and Domangue.

    5/26/2026House

  19. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.

    5/25/2026House

  20. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/19/2026House

  21. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/18/2026Senate

  22. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/11/2026Senate

  23. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/7/2026Senate

  24. Reported favorably.

    5/6/2026Senate

  25. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    4/15/2026Senate

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