ETHICS/NEPOTISM: Provides an exception for hiring the immediate family member of a school board member or superintendent for certain positions

Looking ahead

No hearings or votes scheduled.

History

1. 2026
   1. May 15Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 169.Became Law
   2. May 15Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 13Signed by the President of the Senate.
   4. May 13Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   5. May 12Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   6. May 11Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
      • Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1085). Result: pass.Lower
   7. May 7Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
   8. May 6Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
   9. May 5Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#567). Result: pass.Upper
   10. Apr 21Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   11. Apr 20Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   12. Apr 15Reported favorably.Minor
   13. Apr 1Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Minor
   14. Mar 31Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   15. Mar 30Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#177). Result: pass.Lower
   16. Mar 26Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
   17. Mar 25Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   18. Mar 24Reported favorably (12-0).Minor
   19. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Minor
   20. Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
   21. Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Minor
   22. Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced