ETHICS/CODE: Provides for restrictions on payments from nonpublic sources
HB 210 makes the ethics provisions in Act No. 492 (2024) apply both to future cases and to past cases decided before this bill's effective date. It specifically states that these ethics rules will be applied retroactively, except for cases where the Board of Ethics or Ethics Adjudicatory Board has already issued a final decision before the bill takes effect. This bill directly affects public officials and ethics cases currently under review or pending before the Ethics Boards. The key mechanism is clarifying the retroactive application of Act No. 492's ethics code while excluding finalized cases from this change.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 19, 2026
Signed Jun 8, 2026
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What changed between versions
HB210 Original
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HB210 Act 787
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MINOR
HB 210 was updated from its original version to become Act No. 787, reflecting its final passage and enrollment. The text was modified to list additional sponsors and formally enact specific ethics provisions regarding payments from nonpublic sources and outside employment for school board and municipal officials. The core policy regarding retroactivity and the specific employment exception remains consistent with the original draft.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include additional sponsors and formally enacted a specific subsection (R.S. 42:1111(C)(7)) prohibiting statewide elected officials from receiving compensation for lobbying, consulting, or advising, which was not explicitly detailed in the original text.
TECHNICAL
The bill title and sponsor list were updated to reflect the final enrolled version with additional sponsors (Boudreaux, Crews, Egan, Jacob Landry, McMakin, and Wyble).
The effective date clause was slightly rephrased to clarify that the June 5, 2024 deadline applies to employment occurring on or after that date, rather than prior to it.
REQUIREMENT
A new requirement was added to R.S. 42:1111(C)(7) prohibiting statewide elected officials from being compensated for lobbying, consulting, or advising.
Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2026 · House Apr 14, 2026
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 40
May 18, 2026
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
12
Committee
13
May 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
May 31, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 24 yeas and 12 nays.
upper
May 31, 2026
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
May 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 77, nays 16. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
May 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report received.
upper
May 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
lower
May 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Cathey, Abraham, and Bass.
upper
May 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
May 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 7, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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