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HB258 • 2026

ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for exceptions to the dual officeholding laws for volunteer firefighters and judicial branch employees

ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for exceptions to the dual officeholding laws for volunteer firefighters and judicial branch employees

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Beau Beaullieu
Last action
2026-06-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 790
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.

ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for exceptions to the dual officeholding laws for volunteer firefighters and judicial branch employees

ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for exceptions to the dual officeholding laws for volunteer firefighters and judicial branch employees

What This Bill Does

  • ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for exceptions to the dual officeholding laws for volunteer firefighters and judicial branch employees

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: SSHB258 3645 4828 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 258 2026 Regular Session Beaullieu ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for prohibitions contained in and exceptions to the dual officeholding laws Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

  • SSHB258 3645 4828 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 258 2026 Regular Session Beaullieu ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for prohibitions contained in and exceptions to the dual officeholding laws Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Adds an exception for members, appointees, designees, or officers of any unpaid advisory committee, project, working group, or commission.
  • 2.
  • Specifies that persons employed in the judicial branch may serve as an appointed officer of a board, committee, task force, or commission in another branch of government.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1067 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 258 BY BEAULLIEU REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/11/2026 Time: 2:44:07 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.

  • 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1067 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 258 BY BEAULLIEU REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/11/2026 Time: 2:44:07 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.
  • Speaker Adams Amedee Bacala Bagley Bamburg Bayham Beaullieu Berault Billings Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carpenter Carrier Carter, R.
  • Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Egan Firment Fisher Fontenot Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
  • Henry, D.
Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB258 1427 2978 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Kleinpeter to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SFAHB258 1427 2978 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Kleinpeter to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 258 by Representative Beaullieu 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, change "R.S.
  • 42:66(A)(11)" to "R.S.
Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB258 4869 2776 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Reese to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SFAHB258 4869 2776 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Reese to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 258 by Representative Beaullieu 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, below line 18, insert the following: 3 "Section 2.
  • 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 5 signature by the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution 6 of Louisiana.
Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB258 4869 2525 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB258 4869 2525 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 258 by Representative Beaullieu 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, after "(11)", insert ", (12)," 3 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 4 On page 1, line 7, after "(11)", insert ", (12)," 5 AMENDMENT NO.
Draft

Plain English: SCAHB258 4869 1977 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB258 4869 1977 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 258 by Representative Beaullieu 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, after "(11)", insert ", (12)," 3 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 4 On page 1, line 7, after "(11)", insert ", (12)," 5 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-09 H

    Effective date: 06/09/2026.

  2. 2026-06-09 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 790.

  3. 2026-06-04 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-06-01 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

  5. 2026-06-01 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-06-01 H

    Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  7. 2026-06-01 S

    Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.

  8. 2026-06-01 S

    Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  9. 2026-06-01 H

    Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  10. 2026-06-01 H

    Rules suspended.

  11. 2026-06-01 H

    Conference Committee report received.

  12. 2026-05-31 S

    Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  13. 2026-05-31 H

    Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  14. 2026-05-31 H

    Notice Senate recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.

  15. 2026-05-31 S

    Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Talbot.

  16. 2026-05-31 S

    The Senate recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.

  17. 2026-05-31 S

    Notice House recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.

  18. 2026-05-29 H

    House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Thomas, and Deshotel.

  19. 2026-05-29 H

    The House recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.

  20. 2026-05-29 H

    Notice Senate has discharged the Conference Committee

  21. 2026-05-29 H

    Notice of change of Senate conferees.

  22. 2026-05-29 S

    Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.

  23. 2026-05-29 S

    Senate Conference Committee membership changed: Talbot vice Reese.

  24. 2026-05-29 H

    Discharged from Conference Committee.

  25. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

  26. 2026-05-27 H

    Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  27. 2026-05-27 S

    Conference committee report received.

  28. 2026-05-25 H

    Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  29. 2026-05-21 S

    Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Reese.

  30. 2026-05-11 S

    Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  31. 2026-05-11 S

    Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  32. 2026-05-11 H

    House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Thomas, and Deshotel.

  33. 2026-05-11 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 5, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  34. 2026-05-07 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.

  35. 2026-05-05 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  36. 2026-04-29 S

    Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  37. 2026-04-28 S

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

  38. 2026-04-27 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  39. 2026-04-22 S

    Reported with amendments.

  40. 2026-03-31 S

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

  41. 2026-03-30 S

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

  42. 2026-03-30 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  43. 2026-03-26 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.

  44. 2026-03-25 H

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

  45. 2026-03-24 H

    Reported favorably (8-4).

  46. 2026-03-09 H

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

  47. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  48. 2026-02-23 H

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

  49. 2026-02-23 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for exceptions to the dual officeholding laws for volunteer firefighters and judicial branch employees

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 7902026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 258
BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 42:66(B) and to enact R.S. 42:66(A)(11) and (12), (Q), and (R),
3 relative to exceptions to the dual officeholding and dual employment laws; to
4 provide an exception for volunteer firefighters; to provide a limited exception for
5 employees in the judicial branch to serve on boards and commissions; to provide
6 relative to an exemption for elected and appointed officials to serve in a professional
7 educational capacity; to provide for an exception for persons employed in a
8 professional educational capacity to serve in certain roles as a federal employee; to
9 provide a limited exception for qualified court reporters; to provide for effectiveness;
10 and to provide for related matters.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
12 Section 1. R.S. 42:66(B) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 42:66(A)(11)
13 and (12), (Q), and (R) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
14 §66. Exemptions
15 A. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to prohibit any of the following
16 classes of officials or employees from serving in other offices or employments:
17 * * *
18 (11) Members or officers of a volunteer fire department or a combination fire
19 department.
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1 (12) Members, appointees, designees, or officers of any unpaid advisory
2 committee, project, working group, or commission.
3 B.(1) Nothing in this Part shall be construed to prevent a school teacher or
4 person employed in a professional educational capacity in a grade school, high
5 school, other educational institution, parish or city school board from holding at the
6 same time an elective or appointive office.
7 (2) Nothing in this Part shall be construed to prevent a person employed in
8 a professional educational capacity in this state from also serving as an engineer,
9 researcher, or related employee of the federal government concerning healthcare,
10 science, or technology, including for any collaborative program between the federal
11 government and a public institution of higher education.
12 (3) For purposes of this Subsection, "person employed in a professional
13 educational capacity" includes any person holding appointive office or employment
14 related to or directly affecting the curriculum or educational programs offered by the
15 institution or in a role requiring professional judgment and responsibility in
16 furtherance of the institution's educational mission.
17 * * *
18 Q. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to prohibit a person holding
19 employment in the judicial branch, including as judge ad hoc or pro tempore, from
20 holding at the same time a part-time appointive office in another branch as a
21 designee or appointed member or officer of any board, committee, task force, or
22 commission. A person serving as a judge ad hoc and compensated on a per diem
23 basis shall not be considered a public employee for the purposes of R.S.
24 42:1132(B)(4)(c).
25 R. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to prohibit a qualified court
26 reporter who holds employment in the federal government from serving at the same
27 time as a court reporter for a court in the judicial branch of this state or of a local
28 governmental subdivision.
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HB NO. 258 ENROLLED
1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 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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