ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides an exception from dual officeholding laws to allow a certified public accountant to hold an office on a school board and employment with a sheriff to provide financial or accounting services
Bill status
passed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2018
Last action May 18, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
2
May 16, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 84, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
legislature
May 7, 2018
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
legislature
May 7, 2018
Legislature · Passed
The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
legislature
Apr 26, 2018
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
legislature
Apr 25, 2018
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
legislature
Mar 20, 2018
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
legislature
Mar 19, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
legislature
Mar 14, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Reported favorably (7-0).
legislature
Mar 12, 2018
Committee
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
legislature
Feb 2, 2018
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
HB
H. Bernard LeBas
DDemocratic
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