LouisianaLouisiana bars statewide officials from paid lobbying, consulting, or advising
Louisiana law bars statewide elected officials from paid lobbying, consulting, or advising, and addresses disclosure of certain local officials’ outside jobs.
What it does
Statewide elected officials may not receive pay for lobbying, consulting, or advising.
The 2024 disclosure provisions apply to earlier and later matters. Some local officials need not disclose qualifying jobs held before June 5, 2024, but jobs held on or after that date still require disclosure under the 2024 law.
Argument forThe ban may reduce conflicts by stopping statewide elected officials from earning pay for lobbying, consulting, or advising.
Argument againstThe pay ban could limit statewide officials’ options for earning outside income through lobbying, consulting, or advising.
More detail
Statewide elected officials may not receive pay for lobbying, consulting, or advising. This applies to statewide elected officials and compensation for lobbying, consulting, or advising. The Act took effect when the governor signed it on June 8, 2026.
The 2024 law’s disclosure provisions apply to matters before and after this Act, with exceptions for some earlier employment and already decided matters. The rule concerns school board and parish or municipal governing authority members and employment connected to their government or an agency under its oversight. A school board or parish or municipal governing authority member need not disclose employment held before June 5, 2024, with a person that had or sought a business or financial relationship with the member’s government or an agency it oversees. Employment on or after June 5, 2024, must be disclosed as required by the 2024 law. The retroactive application does not cover matters the Board of Ethics or Ethics Adjudicatory Board finally decided on or before this Act took effect. The provisions took effect on June 8, 2026. The exception covers qualifying employment before June 5, 2024; employment on or after that date remains subject to disclosure.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 787.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 06/08/2026.
- Jun 2Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- Jun 1Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 31Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 77, nays 16. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- Vote recorded ADOPT (#1606). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1782). Result: pass.Lower
- May 31Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- May 31Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 24 yeas and 12 nays.
- May 31Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- May 27Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- May 27Senate conference committee members appointed: Cathey, Abraham, and Bass.
- May 27Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- May 27Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- May 27Conference committee report received.
- May 27Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
- May 26Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- Vote recorded REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1463). Result: pass.Lower
- May 26Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- May 26House conferees appointed: Melerine, Beaullieu, and Domangue.
- May 25Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.
- May 19Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 18Rules 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.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#957). Result: pass.Upper
- May 11Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 7Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 6Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 15Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Apr 14Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#476). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 14Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 13Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
- Apr 9Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 8Reported with amendments (10-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Feb 20First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
- Feb 19Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 19Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Introduced
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