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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ETHICS/BOARD: Provides for the broadcast and recordation of meetings of the Board of Ethics (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
+description: "ETHICS/BOARD: Provides for the broadcast and recordation of meetings of the Board of Ethics (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 216"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 216 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steven Jackson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-04-01"
+last_action: "2025-06-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfd606c2-ec8e-4f78-8316-2e602ebe1ea1"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248143"
+source_hash: "e96c656902070cc0b315dafb13c9c6f5dc1af094e449dcda0a959e776c329603"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana HB 216 (2025) — ETHICS/BOARD: Provides for the broadcast and recordation of meetings of the Board of Ethics (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB216 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1400847)
+2. **HB216 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425082)
+3. **HB216 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408081)
+4. **House Committee Amendment, #1573, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408060)
+5. **HB216 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419677)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#136) — **85–15** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#491) — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steven Jackson — primary (person)
+- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-08** Effective date: 01/01/2026.
+- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 162. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2025-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
+- **2025-06-02** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
+- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-27** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-05** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-30** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 15. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2025.
+- **2025-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-23** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-01** Prefiled. `filing`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfd606c2-ec8e-4f78-8316-2e602ebe1ea1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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