LouisianaLouisiana law lets some public workers hold additional government roles
Louisiana law permits certain public workers, educators, and federal court reporters to hold additional public roles, with limits on some jobs.
What it does
Members and officers of volunteer or combination fire departments may serve in other offices or jobs covered by these rules.
Educators may hold an elected or appointed office while working in education. Some may also work for the federal government on healthcare, science, or technology.
Judicial branch employees may hold part-time appointed roles in another branch on boards and similar groups, with a special rule for judges paid by the day.
A qualified federal court reporter may also report for a state or local court.
Argument forThese exceptions could let volunteer firefighters and judicial workers serve in additional public roles while keeping their main jobs.
Argument againstHolding roles in different branches could make it harder to spot conflicts when a worker's duties overlap.
More detail
The law says members and officers of volunteer or combination fire departments may serve in other offices or jobs. This covers members and officers of volunteer fire departments and combination fire departments.
The law says educators may hold an elected or appointed office while working in education, and some may also work for the federal government. This covers school teachers and people working in a professional educational role in this state, including certain appointed roles tied to a school's curriculum, programs, or educational mission. Federal work must concern healthcare, science, or technology, including a joint program with a public college or university.
The law says judicial branch employees may hold a part-time appointed role in another branch on a board or similar group. This covers judicial branch employees, including judges serving temporarily or for a specific case, appointed as a member, officer, or representative of a board, committee, task force, or commission. A judge serving temporarily and paid by the day is not considered a public employee for a specified state ethics law definition.
The law says qualified federal court reporters may also report for state or local courts. This covers qualified court reporters employed by the federal government who serve courts in Louisiana's judicial branch or a local government subdivision.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jun 9Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 790.Became Law
- Jun 9Effective date: 06/09/2026.
- Jun 4Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- Jun 1Conference Committee report received.
- Vote recorded ADOPT (#1655). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1853). Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1Rules suspended.
- Jun 1Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- Jun 1Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- Jun 1Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
- May 31Notice House recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
- May 31The Senate recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
- May 31Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Talbot.
- May 31Notice Senate recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.
- May 31Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- May 31Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- May 29Discharged from Conference Committee.
- May 29Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
- May 29Senate Conference Committee membership changed: Talbot vice Reese.
- May 29Notice of change of Senate conferees.
- May 29Notice Senate has discharged the Conference Committee
- May 29The House recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.
- May 29House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Thomas, and Deshotel.
- May 29Senate Conference Committee members discharged.
- May 27Conference committee report received.
- May 27Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- May 27Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
- May 25Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- May 21Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Reese.
- May 11Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 5, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- Vote recorded REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1067). Result: pass.Lower
- May 11House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Thomas, and Deshotel.
- May 11Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- May 11Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- May 7Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
- May 5Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- Apr 29Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#529). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 28Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- Apr 27Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 22Reported with amendments.Minor
- Mar 31Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Mar 30Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#167). Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 30Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Mar 26Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
- Mar 25Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Mar 24Reported favorably (8-4).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 23Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 23Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Introduced
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