HB 902 — HEALTH: Provides relative to the creation of a trauma-informed training program (EG +$210,433 GF EX See Note)
Last action — Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Education.
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 27, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
Odds of enactment
LowHow often bills like it became law.
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In Committee
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
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Failed a recorded vote
Failed 1 recorded vote so far — a real headwind.
Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
44 added · 39 removedPlain-language change summary
The amended version of HB 902 introduces a new definition for "adverse childhood events" (ACEs) and clarifies its scope, emphasizing the inclusion of domestic violence and chronic instability as significant factors affecting children. It also expands the language regarding "child education personnel" to ensure it covers all relevant staff in public schools. These changes matter because they aim to strengthen trauma-informed training for educators, ensuring that they are better equipped to recognize and address the impacts of trauma in students, ultimately fostering a safer and more supportive learning environment.
HLS 26RS-1039 ORIGINALENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
(1) "Department""Adverse childhood events" or "ACEs" means potentially traumatic events occurring before the Louisianaage Departmentof eighteen, including but not limited to any of Health.the following:
(2) "Adverse childhood events" or "ACEs" means potentially traumatic events occurring before the age of eighteen, including but not limited to all of the following:
(d) domesticDomestic violence.
(f) Other forms of chronic stress or instability.
HLS 26RS-1039 ORIGINALENGROSSED HB NO.
902 (3)(f) "ChildOther educationforms personnel"of meanschronic anystress individual employed by or providinginstability. services to a public elementary or secondary school including but not limited to teachers administrators, school counselors, school social workers, school nurses, paraprofessionals, classroom aides, and school resource officers.
(4)(2) "Trauma-informed"Child practices"education personnel" means policies,any procedures,individual andemployed interactionsby thator recognizeproviding theservices presenceto anda impactpublic ofelementary traumaor andsecondary respondschool inincluding waysbut thatnot promotelimited studentto safety,teachers,administrators,schoolcounselors,schoolsocialworkers,school empowerment,nurses, andparaprofessionals, healingclassroom whileaides, avoidingand re-traumatization.school resource officers.
(3) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health (4) "Trauma-informed practices" means policies, procedures, and interactions that recognize the presence and impact of trauma and respond in ways that promote student safety, empowerment, and healing while avoiding re-traumatization.
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The department may provide the training through in-person instruction online modules.
HLS 26RS-1039 ORIGINALENGROSSED HB NO.
902 DIGESTD. ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
The department may provide the training through in-person instruction or online modules.
DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 902 OriginalEngrossed 2026 Regular Session Marcelle Abstract:
40:1300.81 and 1300.82 ) PageSummary 3 of 3Amendments CODING:Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed byHouse Committee on Health and Welfareto the original bill:
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- Engrossed HB902 Engrossed Current pdf
- HB902 Original View text pdf
Amendments
3 amendments- House Committee Amendment, #3756, H&W, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- House Committee Amendment, #3555, H&W, Draft Show changes
- House Committee Amendment, #2160, H&W, Draft Show changes
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Action History
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Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Education.
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Reported favorably (11-7).
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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Reported with amendments (8-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
Sponsors
- C. Denise Marcelle · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 30 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Voted No
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 146 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 46 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| Democrat | 0 | 22 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 50 | 31 | 0 | 24 |
| % of votes cast | 48% | 30% | 0% | 23% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Nay |
| Landry, T. | — | Nay |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Nay |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Nay |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Nay |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Nay |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Nay |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Nay |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Not Voting |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Nay |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Nay |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Nay |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Nay |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Nay |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Nay |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Nay |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Nay |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Nay |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Nay |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Nay |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Nay |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Not Voting |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Not Voting |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Not Voting |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Not Voting |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Not Voting |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Nay |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Nay |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Nay |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Nay |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Yea |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Nay |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Nay |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Not Voting |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Not Voting |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Sawyer | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Reese "Skip" Broussard | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Not Voting |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 902?
- HB 902 is sponsored by C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB 902?
- This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced February 27, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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