republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-426.md

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Bill	ETHICS/CODE: Provides exceptions to the Code of Governmental Ethics	ETHICS/CODE: Provides exceptions to the Code of Governmental Ethics	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 426	Louisiana HB 426 (2024)	bill		enacted	Michael Melerine	11	33	5	2024-02-29	2024-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/7b87f145-b8ea-4c2c-a2df-068f35563e00	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246116	86f32fd91049e52dc970e2f895a5305480c7c09e64f69d749b93332472ea2e00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Conference Committee Report, #5208, House Adopted, Senate Adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. HB426 Act 492 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB426 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1119, H&G, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #2306, H&G, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #3171, S&G, Draft (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #3227, S&G, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Floor Amendment, #3655, Abraham, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Floor Amendment, #3870, Price, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. HB426 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/7b87f145-b8ea-4c2c-a2df-068f35563e00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).