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HB1035 • 2026

ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides relative to the prohibited solicitation of contributions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides relative to the prohibited solicitation of contributions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Mike Bayham
Last action
2026-04-21
Official status
Subject to call - House final passage
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides relative to the prohibited solicitation of contributions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides relative to the prohibited solicitation of contributions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

What This Bill Does

  • ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides relative to the prohibited solicitation of contributions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-21 H

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  2. 2026-04-20 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.

  3. 2026-04-15 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  4. 2026-04-14 H

    Reported favorably (7-5).

  5. 2026-03-31 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  6. 2026-03-30 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides relative to the prohibited solicitation of contributions (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-2174 ENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1035
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAYHAM
ELECTION OFFENSES: Provides relative to the prohibited solicitation of contributions
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 18:1468.1, relative to election offenses; to prohibit certain contribution
3 solicitation practices; to provide for definitions; to provide for criminal penalties; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:1468.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §1468.1. Prohibited solicitation of campaign contributions
8 A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally solicit a
9 contribution through the use of fraud, duress, deception, intimidation, undue
10 influence, exploitation, extortion, or the impersonation of a candidate or government
11 official.
12 B. For purposes of this Section, the terms "contribution" and "candidate"
13 shall be defined as in R.S. 18:1483.
14 C. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be subject to the
15 penalty provisions of R.S. 14:133.1.1.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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HLS 26RS-2174 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 1035
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1035 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Bayham
Abstract: Prohibits the solicitation of campaign contributions through the use of fraud,
duress, deception, intimidation, undue influence, exploitation, extortion, or the
impersonation of a candidate or government official.
Proposed law provides that no person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally solicit a
contribution through the use of fraud, duress, deception, intimidation, undue influence,
exploitation, extortion, or the impersonation of a candidate or government official. Provides
that the terms "contribution" and "candidate" shall be as provided in present law (Campaign
Finance Disclosure Act).
Proposed law provides that whoever violates any provision of proposed law shall be fined
not more than $2,000 or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two
years, or both, for the first offense. On a second offense or any subsequent offense, the
penalty shall be a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment at hard labor for not more
than five years, or both.
(Adds R.S. 18:1468.1)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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