ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for exceptions to the dual officeholding laws for volunteer firefighters and judicial branch employees

Removed the exception allowing state employees in healthcare, science, or technology to serve as federal employees in related roles.

Removed the exception allowing qualified court reporters to serve simultaneously as federal employees and state court reporters.

Removed the specific provision allowing judicial branch employees to serve as part-time appointees on boards and commissions in other branches.

Removed the instruction to reenact R.S. 42:66(B), keeping only the enactment of new subsections.

Added an exemption allowing members or officers of volunteer fire departments to hold other offices or employments.

Added an exemption for school teachers and educational professionals to hold elective or appointive offices.

Added an exemption allowing educational professionals to serve as federal employees in healthcare, science, or technology roles.

Added an exemption for unpaid advisory committee members to hold other offices or employments.

Added an exemption for judicial branch employees to serve on boards, committees, or commissions in other branches.

Added an exemption allowing qualified court reporters to work for both the federal government and state/local courts simultaneously.

Clarified that compensated judge ad hoc positions do not count as public employment for conflict of interest purposes.

Defined 'person employed in a professional educational capacity' to include roles affecting curriculum or requiring professional judgment.