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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 530 Authorizes Local Ethics Audits of School Boards and Parish Offices
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.Sponsor: Stephanie Berault
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 530 proposes a to allow local s to authorize local ethics entities to audit or investigate school boards and specified parish offices, and clarifies that the legislature may pass laws concerning local ethics entities. The proposed amendment will be submitted to voters at the statewide election on November 3, 2026.
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.
school boards
Subject to potential audits and investigations by local ethics entities if authorized by a home rule charter.
parish officials
Offices including district attorneys, sheriffs, assessors, clerks of court, and coroners may be subjected to local ethics audits or investigations.
electors of the state of Louisiana
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 Municipal, Parochial and Cultural 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 Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
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Discoveries
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Expansion of Local Ethics Oversight
The measure carves out a specific exception to constitutional protections currently shielding school boards and certain parish officials from local home rule charter provisions regarding ethics investigations.
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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
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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