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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 694 Lowers Fines and Penalties for Late and Inaccurate Ethics and Campaign Finance Filings
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 694 reduces the daily late fees and maximum civil penalties for late or inaccurate filings related to campaign finance disclosures, government ethics reports, and lobbying disclosures. The measure also decreases criminal fines for willful filing violations.
Candidates, public servants, lobbyists, and political committees face lower financial liabilities when missing reporting deadlines or submitting inaccurate disclosures to the Board of Ethics.
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 for Public Office
Candidates face reduced daily late fees and lower maximum civil penalties when campaign finance disclosure reports are filed late or inaccurately.
Lobbyists
Legislative, executive, and local government lobbyists are subject to lower daily late fees for registration and expenditure report delays.
Public Servants and Elected Officials
Public officials required to file personal financial disclosures and ethics reports face lower daily penalties for reporting omissions or delays.
Key Facts
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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, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
Version history
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
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General Reduction Across All Ethics Penalties
The legislation systematically halves the daily late fees and maximum penalty caps for nearly every category of ethics, lobbying, and campaign finance disclosure infraction.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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