republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2018/hb-739.md

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Bill	ETHICS/CODE: Requires a statement and certification rather than an affidavit for certain disclosures by legislators to the ethics board relative to speeches	ETHICS/CODE: Requires a statement and certification rather than an affidavit for certain disclosures by legislators to the ethics board relative to speeches	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2018	HB 739	Louisiana HB 739 (2018)	bill		enacted	Gregory A. Miller	4	22	2	2018-03-27	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2a719f5e-dc58-4da3-8cac-770f737927ce	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=234526	9910ec109993cc2930e46ad3c9ba525d370ba4009a5dc8a36a9a13bf60912e29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. HB739 Act (committee substitute) — source
3. HB739 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB739 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/2a719f5e-dc58-4da3-8cac-770f737927ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).