Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 53 — ETHICS/CODE:  Prohibits public servants in state government from engaging in certain activities with public funds and assets (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Last action — Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.

  2. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 46, nays 43. Failed to pass, motion to reconsider pending.

  3. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  4. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/19/18.

  5. Reported with amendments (7-0).

  6. Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  7. Prefiled.

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

  9. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/2/2018.

Sponsors

  • Kirk Talbot · Primary
  • J.P. Morrell · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on · 15 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Kirk Talbot

Co-sponsors (1)

  • J.P. Morrell

Not signed on (145)

145 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#45)

Failed 46 Yea · 43 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 11100
Unaffiliated 2829011
Republican 17304
Total 4643015
% of votes cast 44%41%0%14%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
LeBas — Not Voting
Leopold — Yea
Magee — Nay
Marino — Yea
Pope — Yea
Havard — Not Voting
Hazel — Yea
Henry — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Howard — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Moreno — Not Voting
Bishop — Yea
Abramson — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Danahay — Not Voting
Dwight — Not Voting
Pearson — Yea
Pugh — Not Voting
Pylant — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Guinn — Nay
Carter, S. — Yea
Hall — Nay
Landry, N. — Yea
Hill — Nay
Hoffmann — Yea
Hunter — Nay
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
James — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Jones — Nay
Leger — Nay
Brown, C. — Nay
Brown, T. — Nay
Norton — Nay
Smith — Nay
Johnson — Nay
White — Nay
Pierre — Nay
Anders — Nay
Billiot — Nay
Bouie — Nay
Carmody — Yea
Chaney — Nay
Cromer — Yea
Reynolds — Nay
Shadoin — Nay
Simon — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Thibaut — Nay
Armes — Not Voting
Bagneris — Nay
Berthelot — Yea
Coussan — Nay
Davis — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Not Voting
Gaines — Nay
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Nay
Glover — Nay
Landry, T. — Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Steven Jackson Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Dodie Horton Republican Not Voting
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 53?
HB 53 is sponsored by Kirk Talbot and J.P. Morrell.
What is the current status of HB 53?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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