---
type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS/CODE: Allows the spouse of a public servant to be employed by a person who has or who is seeking a business or financial relationship with the agency of the public servant under specified circumstances"
description: "ETHICS/CODE: Allows the spouse of a public servant to be employed by a person who has or who is seeking a business or financial relationship with the agency of the public servant under specified circumstances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 113"
citation: "Louisiana HB 113 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foy Gadberry"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cee5f9a-1200-4259-9f6e-2892f2ffefe5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239912"
source_hash: "485938a1c09c0805a334071d99bbb1b8c7dbc4570e11411f0f9897f572ecd73e"
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 113 (2021) — ETHICS/CODE: Allows the spouse of a public servant to be employed by a person who has or who is seeking a business or financial relationship with the agency of the public servant under specified circumstances

## Version chain

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

1. **HB113 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1203603)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4007, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233504)
3. **HB113 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235465)
4. **HB113 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224045)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1733, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217597)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2654, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223146)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2821, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223967)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3218, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231053)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3551, Peterson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232419)
10. **HB113 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234436)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1105) — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#872) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#505) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1147) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1222) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foy Gadberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-15** Effective date: 06/15/2021.
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 272. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 24 yeas and 10 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/10/2021.
- **2021-06-09** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2021-06-09** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-09** Senate conference committee members appointed: Hewitt, Peterson, and Foil.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-06-08** House conferees appointed: Gadberry, Stefanski, and Mack.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 1, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-06-08** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-27** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2021.
- **2021-05-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-12** Reported with amendments (12-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/12/2021.
- **2021-03-12** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cee5f9a-1200-4259-9f6e-2892f2ffefe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).