SB 353 — POSTSECONDARY ED: Authorizes each postsecondary system management board to digitize student IDs for use in LA Wallet. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 760.
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 02, 2026.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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3 sponsors
1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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In plain language
The bill allows postsecondary systems to digitize student IDs in LA Wallet.
This legislation authorizes each postsecondary education system management board to create digital versions of student IDs for use in the Louisiana Wallet app. This aims to modernize student identification methods and improve convenience.
What this means for you
- Students: This means you can have your student ID on your phone for easy access to services.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
14 added · 30 removedPlain-language change summary
The latest version of the bill SB 353 has removed the reference to "ACT No. 760." This change likely indicates that the lawmakers decided this particular act is no longer relevant to the current legislation. Removing such references can help simplify the bill, making it clearer and easier for the public to understand its purpose and implications.
SLS 26RS-572 REENGROSSED Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
353 BY SENATOR SELDERS POSTSECONDARYAND ED.REPRESENTATIVES CHASSION AND TERRY LANDRY AN ACT To enact R.S.
Authorizes each postsecondary system management board to digitize student IDs for use in LA Wallet.
(8/1/26) AN ACT To enact R.S.
*Student *identification *cards Pageauthorized 1by the provisions of 2this Coding:Subsection shall be obtained by a student at no charge.
WordsA whichbiometricidentificationplatformshallnotchargeanyfeeorpaymentforitsuse aretoanystudent,university,retailestablishment,partnership,corporation,orany struckbusiness. through are deletions from existing law;
words* in* boldface* typePRESIDENT andOF underscoredTHE areSENATE additions.SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
SLSPage 26RS-5721 REENGROSSEDof SB1 NO.Coding:
353 The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 353 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Selders Proposed law authorizes each postsecondary system management board to make student identification cards available as a digitized credential as part of LA Wallet.
Effective August 1, 2026.
(Adds R.S.
17:3351(H)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Education to the original bill 1.
Makes applicable to all postsecondarysystem management boards.
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Removes mandated start date.
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to the engrossed bill 1.
Authorize each board to make student identification cards available instead of imposing a mandatory requirement.
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Amendments
5 amendments- House Floor Amendment, #6045, Landry, Terry Jr, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- Senate Committee Amendment, #2727, FNCE, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1638, FNCE, Draft Show changes
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1031, EDUC, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- Senate Committee Amendment, #898, EDUC, Draft Show changes
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Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 760.
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Effective date 8/1/2026.
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Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
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Called from the calendar.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Received from the House with amendments.
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Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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Notice given.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.
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Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
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Reported with amendments.
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Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
Sponsors
- T. Landry · Cosponsor
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion · Cosponsor
- Larry Selders · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Larry Selders Democrat
Co-sponsors (2)
- Landry, T.
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat
Not signed on (144)
144 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 144 →"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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Not Voting |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 60 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 96 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Yea |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Yea |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Yea |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Yea |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Yea |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Not Voting |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unaffiliated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 82% | 0% | 0% | 18% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Not Voting |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Not Voting |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 353?
- SB 353 is sponsored by Landry, T., Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), and Larry Selders (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB 353?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.
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