---
type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS: Provides for the standard of knowledge of a false statement in the provisions relative to unethical election practices"
description: "ETHICS: Provides for the standard of knowledge of a false statement in the provisions relative to unethical election practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "Louisiana HB 186 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Stefanski"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaeb0b0f-2982-4f62-9da3-b559c671a4ac"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241755"
source_hash: "b9fbc4ab46b71ac58d05b0c0a54aeea9414a8a419866cb451b56cc24ca609bab"
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 186 (2022) — ETHICS: Provides for the standard of knowledge of a false statement in the provisions relative to unethical election practices

## Version chain

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

1. **HB186 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1250519)
2. **HB186 Act 110** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286030)
3. **HB186 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261559)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2746, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1275805)
5. **HB186 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1281303)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1002) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#115) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#543) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Stefanski — primary (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-25** Effective date: 08/01/2022.
- **2022-05-25** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 110. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-23** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-19** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2022-05-17** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/19/2022.
- **2022-05-11** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2022-05-11** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-05-10** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-05-09** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-05-04** Reported with amendments.
- **2022-04-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2022-03-29** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/29/2022.
- **2022-03-24** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-03-23** Reported favorably (11-0).
- **2022-03-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/25/2022.
- **2022-02-24** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaeb0b0f-2982-4f62-9da3-b559c671a4ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).