---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC OFFICIALS: Provides that the oath or affirmation of a public official shall be recorded at no charge to the official (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)"
description: "PUBLIC OFFICIALS: Provides that the oath or affirmation of a public official shall be recorded at no charge to the official (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 385"
citation: "Louisiana HB 385 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus Bryant"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/784a68d7-6706-429a-b996-2d4d8cc695cf"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248379"
source_hash: "1398de4cb27dce72c52ef56e25b90bb90284d8faa930c15caf7a40f9fedf0413"
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 385 (2025) — PUBLIC OFFICIALS: Provides that the oath or affirmation of a public official shall be recorded at no charge to the official (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB385 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403131)
2. **HB385 Act 269** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425582)
3. **HB385 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408080)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1505, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407322)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1587, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408042)
6. **HB385 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422881)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#115) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#709) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marcus Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 269. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2025.
- **2025-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/784a68d7-6706-429a-b996-2d4d8cc695cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).