HB1036 • 2026

CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOS: Provides relative to the primary purpose of a committee

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: Signed by the Speaker
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement or updates to disclosure requirements beyond changing the definition of 'primary purpose'.

Campaign Finance Disclosure Act Changes

This act changes the definition of 'primary purpose' for campaign finance committees to require that more than half of their spending be related to a specific goal.

What This Bill Does

Changes the definition of 'primary purpose' in Louisiana's Campaign Finance Disclosure Act.

Who It Names or Affects

Campaign finance committees and entities required to follow campaign finance laws in Louisiana.

Terms To Know

Primary purpose: The main goal of a committee's spending, which must be more than fifty percent of its total spending during the year.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what happens if a committee does not meet the primary purpose requirement.
It is unclear how this change will affect existing committees and their compliance with the law.

Bill History

2026-05-29 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-28 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-28 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-28 S
Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-11 S
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-04-28 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-27 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-22 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-15 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
2026-04-14 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-14 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-13 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
2026-04-09 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-08 H
Reported favorably (14-0).
2026-03-31 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
2026-03-30 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOS: Provides relative to the primary purpose of a committee

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1036
BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1483(26), relative to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act;
3 to provide for definitions; to provide for the definition of "primary purpose"; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:1483(26) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §1483. Definitions
8 As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings given
9 to each in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
10 * * *
11 (26) "Primary purpose" means the purpose of making contributions or
12 expenditures that constitute the preponderance more than fifty percent of the
13 association, political party, an entity's or group's spending during a calendar year.
14 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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