Louisiana 26RS Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB258 — ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for exceptions to the dual officeholding laws for volunteer firefighters and judicial branch employees

Last action — Effective date: 06/09/2026.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 01, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill allows exceptions to dual officeholding laws for certain volunteer positions.

This bill provides exceptions to the laws that prevent individuals from holding multiple elected offices. It specifically applies to volunteer firefighters and employees within the judicial branch.

What this means for you
  • Workers: If you are a volunteer firefighter or a judicial branch employee, you may have more freedom to hold elected positions.

Summary

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

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Prefiled.

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

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

  4. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  5. Reported favorably (8-4).

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

  7. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.

  8. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  10. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

  11. Reported with amendments.

  12. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  14. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  15. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  16. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.

  17. Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 5, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  18. House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Thomas, and Deshotel.

  19. Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  20. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  21. Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Reese.

  22. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  23. Conference committee report received.

  24. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  25. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

  26. Discharged from Conference Committee.

  27. Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.

  28. Senate Conference Committee membership changed: Talbot vice Reese.

  29. Notice of change of Senate conferees.

  30. Notice Senate has discharged the Conference Committee

  31. The House recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.

  32. House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Thomas, and Deshotel.

  33. Senate Conference Committee members discharged.

  34. Notice House recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.

  35. The Senate recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.

  36. Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Talbot.

  37. Notice Senate recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.

  38. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  39. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  40. Conference Committee report received.

  41. Rules suspended.

  42. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  43. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  44. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.

  45. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

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

  47. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

  48. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  49. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 790.

  50. Effective date: 06/09/2026.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 7 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Senate: FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 31 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4001
Republican 22003
Democrat 5004
Total 31008
% of votes cast 79%0%0%21%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Owen — Yea
Boudreaux — Yea
Carter — Yea
Miller — Yea
Mr. President — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
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
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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House: FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Republican 58007
Democrat 26003
Total 950010
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Miller — Yea
Galle — Yea
Boudreaux — Yea
Henry, C. — Yea
Owen — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Landry, J. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
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
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Not Voting
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer 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 Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Not Voting
III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud 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 Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Not Voting
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Not Voting
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
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 Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Favorably

Passed 8 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 7000
Democrat 1400
Total 8400
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Joy Walters Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea

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Senate: ADOPT

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 24001
Democrat 7002
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Miller — Yea
Owen — Yea
Boudreaux — Yea
Carter — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
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
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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House: ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT

Passed 92 Yea · 0 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Republican 59006
Democrat 23006
Total 920013
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Miller — Yea
Boudreaux — Yea
Galle — Yea
Owen — Yea
Henry, C. — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, J. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
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
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Not Voting
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Not Voting
Pat Moore Democrat Not Voting
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer 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 Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler 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 Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Not Voting

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Senate: REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS

Passed 87 Yea · 5 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Republican 57008
Democrat 20504
Total 875013
% of votes cast 83%5%0%12%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Miller — Yea
Galle — Yea
Owen — Yea
Henry, C. — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, J. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Boudreaux — Not Voting
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Not Voting
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
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 Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
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
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
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Not Voting
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler 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 Yea
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

What does HB258 do?
ETHICS/DUAL OFFICEHOLDG: Provides for exceptions to the dual officeholding laws for volunteer firefighters and judicial branch employees
Who sponsors HB258?
HB258 is sponsored by IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican).
What is the current status of HB258?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2026. Enacted.
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