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HB 188 Original 2020 Regular Session Goudeau
Abstract: Authorizes persons subject to civil service restrictions on political activities to support
the election of a family member.
Present constitution prohibits employees in the classified service of the state, New Orleans, and the
fire and police civil service systems and certain other officials associated with those systems from
engaging in various political activities.
Proposed constitutional amendment provides an exception to the present constitution, to authorize
such persons to support the election of an immediate family member. Defines immediate family to
mean a person's parent, his grandparent, his spouse and his spouse's parent, his child and his child's
spouse, his grandchild and his grandchild's spouse, his brother and his brother's spouse, and his sister
and his sister's spouse.
Provides for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters at the statewide election to be held
Nov. 3, 2020.
(Amends Const. Art. X, ยงยง9 and 20)