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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana State Legislature Permits Volunteer Firefighters and Certain Public Employees to Hold Secondary Public Positions
Last action · June 9, 2026: Effective date: 06/09/2026.Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
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What This Bill Does
Volunteer firefighters, judicial branch employees, professional educators, and qualified court reporters are allowed to hold certain secondary public positions or federal roles simultaneously under amended laws. This legislation lifts prior conflict-of-interest prohibitions that restricted these public-sector workers and volunteers from serving across different branches or levels of government. The updated rules take effect on June 9, 2026.
Specific public-sector employees and volunteers gain the legal capacity to serve on boards or hold secondary government jobs starting June 9, 2026, without violating conflict-of-interest prohibitions.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
volunteer firefighters
Volunteer fire department members and officers are explicitly exempted from dual officeholding restrictions.
judicial branch employees
Judicial employees and judges ad hoc or pro tempore are permitted to hold part-time appointive offices on external boards and commissions.
professional educators
Educators are permitted to hold concurrent federal roles in healthcare, science, or technology.
qualified court reporters
Federal court reporters are allowed to simultaneously work as court reporters for state or local courts in Louisiana.
Key Facts
- Members or officers of a volunteer fire department or a combination fire department are exempted from dual officeholding prohibitions.
- Members, appointees, designees, or officers of any unpaid advisory committee, project, working group, or commission are exempted.
- Persons employed in a professional educational capacity may serve as an engineer, researcher, or related employee of the federal government concerning healthcare, science, or technology.
- Judicial branch employees, including judges ad hoc or pro tempore, may hold a part-time appointive office in another branch as a designee or member of a board, committee, task force, or commission.
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- A person serving as a judge ad hoc and compensated on a per diem basis is not considered a public employee for the purposes of R.S. 42:1132(B)(4)(c).
- Qualified court reporters employed in the federal government may simultaneously serve as a court reporter for a state or local government court in Louisiana.
- The Act becomes effective upon signature by the governor or upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature, which occurred on June 9, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a volunteer firefighter now hold another public office under this law?
Does this law allow teachers to work for the federal government?
Are judges allowed to serve on external boards under Act 790?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
50 actions- Jun 9, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 790.
- Jun 9, 2026HouseEffective date: 06/09/2026.
- Jun 4, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseConference Committee report received.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseRules suspended.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseFloorConference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
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- Jun 1, 2026SenateFloorNotice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1, 2026SenateFloorConference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseNotice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- Jun 1, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
- May 31, 2026SenateNotice House recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
- May 31, 2026SenateThe Senate recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
- May 31, 2026SenateSenate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Talbot.
- May 31, 2026HouseNotice Senate recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.
- May 31, 2026HouseNotice of Senate conferees appointed.
- May 31, 2026SenateNotice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- May 29, 2026HouseDischarged from Conference Committee.
- May 29, 2026SenateNotice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
- May 29, 2026SenateSenate Conference Committee membership changed: Talbot vice Reese.
- May 29, 2026HouseNotice of change of Senate conferees.
- May 29, 2026HouseNotice Senate has discharged the Conference Committee
- May 29, 2026HouseThe House recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.
- May 29, 2026HouseHouse conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Thomas, and Deshotel.
- May 29, 2026SenateSenate Conference Committee members discharged.
- May 27, 2026SenateConference committee report received.
- May 27, 2026HouseConference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- May 27, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
- May 25, 2026HouseNotice of Senate conferees appointed.
- May 21, 2026SenateSenate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Reese.
- May 11, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 5, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- May 11, 2026HouseHouse conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Thomas, and Deshotel.
- May 11, 2026SenateNotice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- May 11, 2026SenateNotice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- May 7, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
- May 5, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- Apr 29, 2026SenateFloorRules 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.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateReported with amendments.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (8-4).
- 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 23, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 23, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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