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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana Prohibits Conditional Fee Waivers for Campaign Finance and Ethics Violations and Establishes Seven-Day Correction Window
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Sponsor: Tehmi Chassion
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 556 prohibits the Board of Ethics and the Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance Disclosure from granting conditional fee waivers, requiring any penalty waivers to be permanent. The measure also establishes a seven-business-day correction window following a before daily late penalties accrue for campaign finance reporting errors.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Candidates and Committee Officers
Filers must adhere to a strict seven-business-day response window upon receiving a notice of delinquency to avoid daily financial penalties.
Board of Ethics and Supervisory Committee
The agencies are barred from issuing conditional penalty waivers and must mail delinquency notices within four days of a missed deadline.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can the Board of Ethics still grant conditional waivers for late fees if a filer promises to comply in the future?
How long does a filer have to respond to a notice of delinquency before daily penalties begin to accrue?
Are final decisions on waiver requests appealable to the Ethics Adjudicatory Board?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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