Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 4 D · 4 R cosponsors

HB 608 — ATHLETICS: Provides relative to the confidentiality of documents related to an intercollegiate athletics revenue sharing program

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 818.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 08, 2026.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (4 D · 4 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

This bill makes documents related to athletics revenue sharing confidential.

The bill establishes confidentiality for documents related to the intercollegiate athletics revenue sharing program. It aims to protect sensitive financial information from public disclosure.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

30 added · 51 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment removed the reference to "ACT No. 818" from the bill. This change is important because it clarifies the context of the legislation, ensuring that it stands on its own without needing to reference previous laws. By simplifying the language, the bill becomes easier to understand and follow for everyone involved.

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HLS 26RS-1139 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
608 BY REPRESENTATIVE CHASSION ATHLETICS:
608 BY REPRESENTATIVES CHASSION, BOYD, LYONS, MACK, NEWELL, SCHAMERHORN, WRIGHT, AND WYBLE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Provides relative to the confidentiality of documents related to an intercollegiate athletics revenue sharing program AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
to provide relative to public records;
to provide relative to public records;to createapublicrecordsexception;to provide for applicability;
to create a public records exception;
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(a) The total amount, and any percentage amount, of those revenue funds paid as part of a postsecondary education institution's athletics revenue sharing program to any specific intercollegiate athlete.
(b) The total amount, and any percentage amount, of those revenue funds allocatedas part of a postsecondaryeducation institution's athletics revenuesharing program to any specific intercollegiate sport or athletic program.
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HLS 26RS-1139 ENGROSSED HB NO.
HB NO.
608 (a) The total amount, and any percentage amount, of those revenue funds paid as part of a postsecondary education institution's athletics revenue sharing program to any specific intercollegiate athlete.
608 ENROLLED (3) Any document related to or created as part of the process of negotiating an agreement with an intercollegiate athlete as part of a postsecondary education institution's intercollegiate athletics revenue sharing program, including any agreements entered into with anyspecific intercollegiate athlete, is confidential and not subject to inspection, examination, copying, or reproduction pursuant to the Public Records Law.
(b) The total amount, and any percentage amount, of those revenue funds allocated as part of a postsecondaryeducation institution's athletics revenue sharing program to any specific intercollegiate sport or athletic program.
* * * Section2.TheprovisionsofthisActshallapplybothprospectivelyandretroactively to all records, documents, information, and requests for disclosure existing, created, or pending on or afer the effective date of this Act.
(3) Any document related to or created as part of the process of negotiating an agreement with an intercollegiate athlete as part of a postsecondary education institution's intercollegiate athletics revenue sharing program, including any agreements entered into with anyspecific intercollegiate athlete, is confidential and not subject to inspection, examination, copying, or reproduction pursuant to the Public Records Law.
This Act is intended to clarifyand confirm theconfidentialityoftherecordsandinformationdescribedinR.S.17:3703(M),asamended and reenacted bythis Act.
* * * DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
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The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 608 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Chassion Abstract:
Provides that certain records relative to an intercollegiate athletics revenue sharing program shall not be considered public records.
Presentlaw(R.S.44:4.1)providesapublicrecordsexceptionforpresentlaw(R.S.17:3703) relative to any document disclosed by an intercollegiate athlete to the postsecondary education institution where he is enrolled as a student that references the terms and conditions of his contract for compensation for the use of his name, image, and likeness.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law adds public records exceptions for proposed law relative to the following:
(1) Revenue funds paid as part of an institution's athletics revenue sharing program to a specific athlete.
(2) Revenuefunds allocatedaspartofaninstitution'sathleticsrevenuesharingprogram to any specific sport or athletic program.
(3) Any document related to the process of negotiating an agreement with an intercollegiateathleteaspartofanintercollegiateathleticsrevenuesharingprogram.
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17:3703(M)) Page 2 of 3 CODING:
Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.
HLS 26RS-1139 ENGROSSED HB NO.
608 Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Education to the original bill:
1.
Add public record exceptions relative to certain revenue associated with an intercollegiate athletics revenue sharing program.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 818.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 2, Senate amendments concurred in..

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 22 yeas and 13 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  11. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. Reported favorably.

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

  14. Called from the calendar.

  15. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  17. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  18. Notice given.

  19. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.

  21. Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  22. Reported favorably (9-3).

  23. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  24. Reported with amendments (11-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  25. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

  26. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  27. Prefiled.

  28. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on · 18 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (139)

139 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1691)

Passed 92 Yea · 2 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 24105
Republican 62105
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 922011
% of votes cast 88%2%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Not Voting
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Not Voting
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Not Voting
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Nay
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1264)

Passed 22 Yea · 13 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 161001
Democrat 5303
Total 221304
% of votes cast 56%33%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Beth Mizell Republican Nay
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
Jeremy Stine Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#686)

Passed 91 Yea · 4 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 64004
Democrat 20406
Total 914010
% of votes cast 87%4%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Not Voting
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 608?
HB 608 is sponsored by John E. Wyble (Republican), Mark Wright (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), and Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 608?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.
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