HB 250 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

ETHICS: Provides with respect to disclosure of certain information by members of boards or commissions

HB 250 modifies Louisiana's ethics disclosure rules for board and commission members. It exempts immediate family members from reporting financial obligations like loans from them, unless the family member is a lobbyist or has a state contract. Board members must now certify that neither they nor their immediate family have conflicts of interest affecting their duties. This bill directly affects appointed board members and their families by changing financial disclosure requirements.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Feb 20, 2026 Signed Jun 4, 2026

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HB250 Original → HB250 Act 777 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill modifies financial disclosure rules for public officials in Louisiana by narrowing who must report certain family financial information. It removes the requirement for immediate family members of board or commission members to disclose specific data, and it expands an existing exemption to exclude loans from immediate family members unless those family members are connected to the lobbying industry or state contracts.

Scope change

The bill changes the scope of disclosure requirements from applying to all members of boards or commissions to specifically targeting only 'appointed' members, while simultaneously adding a new exemption for family loans to prevent conflicts of interest.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the disclosure obligation from applying to the immediate family of any board or commission member to only the immediate family of 'appointed' members.

Added an exemption allowing loans from immediate family members to be excluded from disclosure, provided the family member is not a registered lobbyist, does not employ a lobbyist, and has no contract with the state.

TIMELINE

Applied the new rules retroactively to January 1, 2023, rather than the current session's start date.

Floor votes · Senate May 12, 2026 · House Apr 14, 2026

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 40

May 12, 2026

D Democratic12

8 Yea 4

66% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

May 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

lower

May 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Apr 29, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

Apr 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, 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 20, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors