---
type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS/CODE: Requires a statement and certification rather than an affidavit for certain disclosures by legislators to the ethics board relative to speeches"
description: "ETHICS/CODE: Requires a statement and certification rather than an affidavit for certain disclosures by legislators to the ethics board relative to speeches"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 739"
citation: "Louisiana HB 739 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory A. Miller"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-27"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a719f5e-dc58-4da3-8cac-770f737927ce"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=234526"
source_hash: "9910ec109993cc2930e46ad3c9ba525d370ba4009a5dc8a36a9a13bf60912e29"
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 739 (2018) — ETHICS/CODE: Requires a statement and certification rather than an affidavit for certain disclosures by legislators to the ethics board relative to speeches

## Version chain

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

1. **HB739 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079435)
2. **HB739 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1098003)
3. **HB739 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1085400)
4. **HB739 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1094627)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#543) — **81–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#864) — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gregory A. Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 182. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-08** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-05-08** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-05-03** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-05-02** Reported favorably.
- **2018-04-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 81, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Called from the calendar.
- **2018-04-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/18.
- **2018-04-17** Notice given.
- **2018-04-17** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2018-04-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/17/18.
- **2018-04-12** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-11** Reported favorably (8-0).
- **2018-03-28** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a719f5e-dc58-4da3-8cac-770f737927ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).