---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTRACTS: Prohibits certain nondisclosure agreements in settlements involving the payment of public funds"
description: "CONTRACTS: Prohibits certain nondisclosure agreements in settlements involving the payment of public funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "Louisiana HB 197 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Franklin J. Foil"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0b43a78-3b69-4117-97a9-82f994f67cb1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235900"
source_hash: "3d36446fef2f554d01eccf19fcf7f39d1c0e603be1518fd1d026bfe8a108468f"
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 197 (2019) — CONTRACTS: Prohibits certain nondisclosure agreements in settlements involving the payment of public funds

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB197 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118812)
2. **HB197 Act 35** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141836)
3. **HB197 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124465)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1051, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124033)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1110, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124435)
6. **HB197 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136642)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#430) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#17) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Franklin J. Foil — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-30** Effective date: 08/01/19.
- **2019-05-30** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 35. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-21** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-15** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-24** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/19.
- **2019-04-16** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-15** Reported with amendments (7-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0b43a78-3b69-4117-97a9-82f994f67cb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).