---
type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS: Amends provisions concerning selection of members of the Board of Ethics. (8/1/24)"
description: "ETHICS: Amends provisions concerning selection of members of the Board of Ethics. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "Louisiana SB 497 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Miguez"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e207ad91-62a3-4aad-9da0-2e182ac79502"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247196"
source_hash: "5abab2ceb204f68c0aff5da84ab609762a719e02b60d8440e787ade0327a79b6"
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 497 (2024) — ETHICS: Amends provisions concerning selection of members of the Board of Ethics. (8/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB497 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361520)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4573, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374106)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4629, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374544)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #5188, Wright, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378761)
5. **SB497 Act 591** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382252)
6. **SB497 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369040)
7. **SB497 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370625)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2479, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368847)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2485, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368855)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2516, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368900)
11. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2634, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369645)
12. **SB497 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380611)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#452) — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1444) — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#1350) — **26–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Miguez — 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. 591. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 26 yeas and 12 nays.
- **2024-05-29** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 26. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-28** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Notice given.
- **2024-05-22** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-14** Reported with amendments (7-6). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-30** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-24** Reported with amendments. `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/e207ad91-62a3-4aad-9da0-2e182ac79502`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).