---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTRACTS: Provides relative to nondisclosure agreements"
description: "CONTRACTS: Provides relative to nondisclosure agreements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "Louisiana HB 161 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Bayham"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95320f8f-c613-4d03-bf18-e07a42ccbb99"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245735"
source_hash: "8ca3939baf475c68806534e0a6f574479060ad5146055440038ea70179afb022"
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 161 (2024) — CONTRACTS: Provides relative to nondisclosure agreements

## Version chain

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

1. **HB161 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346575)
2. **HB161 Act 781** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1383078)
3. **HB161 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354248)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1175, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354092)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1195, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354218)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3430, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373852)
7. **HB161 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379372)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1457) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#733) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#26) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Bayham — primary (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-25** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-25** Becomes Act No. 781 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-16** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/19/2024.
- **2024-03-18** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** Reported with amendments (13-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95320f8f-c613-4d03-bf18-e07a42ccbb99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).