---
type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS: Prohibits making false statements in elections regarding candidates. (8/1/24)"
description: "ETHICS: Prohibits making false statements in elections regarding candidates. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "Louisiana SB 488 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27d7dbde-31f1-460e-a229-aa40d3958db5"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247186"
source_hash: "34e26f83737c9ea4d336cd3aeaa8382e8cc6c112214b47993102896f218352d7"
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 SB 488 (2024) — ETHICS: Prohibits making false statements in elections regarding candidates. (8/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB488 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361490)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4699, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375050)
3. **SB488 Act 589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382250)
4. **SB488 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366826)
5. **SB488 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379072)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1330) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#398) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#1214) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 589. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-22** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-15** Reported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-23** Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-17** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27d7dbde-31f1-460e-a229-aa40d3958db5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).