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HB210 • 2026

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

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

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Michael Melerine
Last action
2026-06-08
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 787
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

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.

Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: SSHB210 3645 5944 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 210 2026 Regular Session Melerine ETHICS/CODE: Provides for retroactivity of certain provisions of Act No.

  • SSHB210 3645 5944 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 210 2026 Regular Session Melerine ETHICS/CODE: Provides for retroactivity of certain provisions of Act No.
  • 492 of the 2024 Regular Session and prohibits a statewide elected official from being compensated for lobbying, consulting, or advising Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Provides, retroactive to June 5, 2024, that a statewide elected official shall not be compensated for lobbying, consulting, or advising.
  • Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate Present law (R.S.
Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB210 3645 3334 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB210 3645 3334 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to Original House Bill No.
  • 210 by Representative Melerine 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, at the end of line 11, insert the following: 3 "Any member of a school board or parish or municipal governing authority who 4 prior to June 5, 2024, was employed with a person that had or was seeking a 5 contractual or other business or financial relationship with the member's 6 governmental entity or an agency under the jurisdiction or supervision of the 7 member's governmental entity shall not be required to comply with the disclosure 8 requirements in R.S.
  • 42:1114 for such employment.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB210 3645 3103 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB210 3645 3103 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to Original House Bill No.
  • 210 by Representative Melerine 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, at the end of line 11, insert the following: 3 "Any member of a school board or parish or municipal governing authority who 4 prior to June 5, 2024, was employed with a person that had or was seeking a 5 contractual or other business or financial relationship with the member's 6 governmental entity or an agency under the jurisdiction or supervision of the 7 member's governmental entity shall not be required to comply with the disclosure 8 requirements in R.S.
  • 42:1114 for such employment.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1463 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 210 BY MELERINE REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/26/2026 Time: 1:44:48 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Bayham Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carpenter Carrier Carter, R.

  • 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1463 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 210 BY MELERINE REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/26/2026 Time: 1:44:48 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Bayham Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carpenter Carrier Carter, R.
  • Carter, W.
  • Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
  • Henry, D.
Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB210 4379 3994 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Cathey to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SFAHB210 4379 3994 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Cathey to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 210 by Representative Melerine 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, after line 17, insert the following: 3 "Section 2.
  • Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, such as but not 4 limited to R.S.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-08 H

    Effective date: 06/08/2026.

  2. 2026-06-08 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 787.

  3. 2026-06-02 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-06-01 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-06-01 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-31 H

    Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  7. 2026-05-31 S

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

  8. 2026-05-31 S

    Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  9. 2026-05-31 H

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

  10. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.

  11. 2026-05-27 S

    Conference committee report received.

  12. 2026-05-27 H

    Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  13. 2026-05-27 H

    Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  14. 2026-05-27 S

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

  15. 2026-05-27 S

    Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  16. 2026-05-26 H

    House conferees appointed: Melerine, Beaullieu, and Domangue.

  17. 2026-05-26 S

    Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  18. 2026-05-26 H

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

  19. 2026-05-25 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.

  20. 2026-05-19 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  21. 2026-05-18 S

    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.

  22. 2026-05-11 S

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

  23. 2026-05-07 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  24. 2026-05-06 S

    Reported favorably.

  25. 2026-04-15 S

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

  26. 2026-04-14 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  27. 2026-04-14 H

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

  28. 2026-04-13 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

  29. 2026-04-09 H

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

  30. 2026-04-08 H

    Reported with amendments (10-0).

  31. 2026-03-09 H

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

  32. 2026-02-20 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

  33. 2026-02-19 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  34. 2026-02-19 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 7872026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 210
BY REPRESENTATIVES MELERINE, BOUDREAUX, CREWS, EGAN, JACOB
LANDRY, MCMAKIN, AND WYBLE
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 42:1111(C)(7), relative to payments from nonpublic sources; to provide for
3 the applicability of certain provisions of Act No. 492 of the 2024 Regular Session
4 of the Legislature; to provide for retroactivity; to prohibit a statewide elected official
5 from receiving compensation for lobbying, consulting, or advising; to provide for the
6 outside employment of a member of a school board or municipal governing
7 authority; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 42:1111(C)(7) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §1111. Payment from nonpublic sources
11 * * *
12 C. Payments for nonpublic service.
13 * * *
14 (7) A statewide elected official shall not be compensated for lobbying,
15 consulting, or advising.
16 * * *
17 Section 2. The provisions of R.S. 42:1111(C)(6) as enacted by Act No. 492 of the
18 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be applied prospectively and retroactively.
19 However, the provisions of R.S. 42:1111(C)(6) as enacted by Act No. 492 of the 2024
20 Regular Session of the Legislature shall not apply to any matter subject to a final decision
21 of the Board of Ethics or Ethics Adjudicatory Board rendered on or before the effective date
22 of this Act. Any member of a school board or parish or municipal governing authority who
23 prior to June 5, 2024, was employed with a person that had or was seeking a contractual or
24 other business or financial relationship with the member's governmental entity or an agency
25 under the jurisdiction or supervision of the member's governmental entity shall not be
26 required to comply with the disclosure requirements in R.S. 42:1114 for such employment.
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HB NO. 210 ENROLLED
1 However, a person shall be required to file a disclosure for any employment on or after June
2 5, 2024, as required by R.S. 42:1111(C)(6).
3 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
4 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
5 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
6 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
7 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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