---
type: "Bill"
title: "ETHICS/CODE: Provides exceptions to the Code of Governmental Ethics"
description: "ETHICS/CODE: Provides exceptions to the Code of Governmental Ethics"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 426"
citation: "Louisiana HB 426 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Melerine"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b87f145-b8ea-4c2c-a2df-068f35563e00"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246116"
source_hash: "86f32fd91049e52dc970e2f895a5305480c7c09e64f69d749b93332472ea2e00"
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 426 (2024) — ETHICS/CODE: Provides exceptions to the Code of Governmental Ethics

## Version chain

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

1. **HB426 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350724)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #5208, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379225)
3. **HB426 Act 492** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382084)
4. **HB426 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362060)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1119, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361116)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2306, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361981)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3171, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372517)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3227, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372662)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3655, Abraham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374931)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3870, Price, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376390)
11. **HB426 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381175)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1404) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1543) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1059) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1700) — **81–17** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#349) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Melerine — primary (person)
- Brett Geymann — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-05** Effective date: 06/05/2024.
- **2024-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 492. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-31** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-31** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 81, nays 17. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Conference committee report received.
- **2024-05-30** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-30** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-29** Senate conference committee members appointed: Abraham, Fields, and Price.
- **2024-05-29** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-29** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-29** House conferees appointed: Melerine, Beaullieu, and Butler.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2024.
- **2024-04-04** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b87f145-b8ea-4c2c-a2df-068f35563e00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).