Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 16 R · 12 D cosponsors

HB 268 — STUDENTS: Provides relative to career-related activities for public school students (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 144.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 15, 2026.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 29 sponsors

    1 primary, 28 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (16 R · 12 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

This bill enhances career-related activities for public school students in Louisiana.

HB 268 mandates career-related activities for students in grades K-8 in Louisiana public schools. It requires schools to conduct specific career exposure activities and document them as part of Individual Graduation Plans.

What this means for you
  • Students: This means students will have more opportunities to explore careers and understand job markets.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

90 added · 158 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the revised version of Bill HB 268, a reference to "ACT No. 144" has been removed. This change may simplify the bill by eliminating potential confusion about previously enacted laws. It matters because it helps keep the legislation clear and focused on its current objectives without unnecessary references to past acts.

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HLS 26RS-946 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
268 BY REPRESENTATIVES CARVER, BAMBURG, BAYHAM, BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOURRIAQUE, BOYD, BOYER, BRASS, BRAUD, BRYANT, COX, DEWITT, EGAN, FREEMAN, GLORIOSO, TRAVIS JOHNSON, KNOX, LAFLEUR, MANDIE LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LYONS, MACK, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, NEWELL, SAWYER, THOMPSON, AND WYBLE STUDENTS:
268 BY REPRESENTATIVES CARVER, BAMBURG, BAYHAM, BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOURRIAQUE, BOYD, BOYER, BRASS, BRAUD, BRYANT, COX, DEWITT, EGAN, FREEMAN, GLORIOSO, TRAVIS JOHNSON, KNOX, LAFLEUR, MANDIE LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LYONS, MACK, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, NEWELL, SAWYER, THOMPSON, AND WYBLE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Provides relative to career-related activities for public school students AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Such activities may Page 1 of 6 CODING:
Such activities may includefieldtrips,guestspeakers,communityservices,andotheractivitiesdesigned Page 1 of 4 CODING:
HLS 26RS-946 REENGROSSED HB NO.
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268 includefieldtrips,guestspeakers,communityservices,andotheractivitiesdesigned to introduce students to occupations in demand in Louisiana.
268 ENROLLED to introduce students to occupations in demand in Louisiana.
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(1) Provide career awareness and exploration activities to all students in grades six through eight that create linkages between what a student does in school and what he wants to achieve in life.
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268 (1) Provide career awareness and exploration activities to all students in grades six through eight that create linkages between what a student does in school and what he wants to achieve in life.
268 ENROLLED inventories in sixth grade and updated career interest inventories in seventh and eighth grades and information to assist them in the career decisionmaking process and may include job shadowing, job mentoring, and job internships.
Such activities shall include career interest inventories in sixth grade and updated career interest inventories in seventh and eighth grades and information to assist them in the career decisionmaking process and may include job shadowing, job mentoring, and job internships.
Such school counselors shall provide preventive and developmental counselingservicesto allpublic elementaryschoolstudents in kindergartenthrough grade six in order to prepare them for middle, junior, and senior high school responsibilities and their social and physical development.
Such school counselors shall provide preventive and developmental counselingservicesto allpublicelementaryschoolstudents inkindergartenthrough grade six in order to prepare them for middle, junior, and senior high school responsibilities and their social and physical development.
* * * (8) Consult with teachers in implementing a career development program which, at the elementary school level, includes self-awareness, job awareness, and Page 3 of 6 CODING:
* * * (8) Consult with teachers in implementing a career development program which, at the elementary school level, includes self-awareness, job awareness, and prevocationalorientationandinprovidingthatstudentsinkindergartenthroughfifth grade participate in at least one career awareness experience or activityduring each school year as provided in R.S.
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268 prevocationalorientationandinprovidingthatstudentsinkindergartenthroughfifth grade participate in at least one career awareness experience or activityduring each school year as provided in R.S.
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268 ENROLLED §3996.
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* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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268 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
The keyword, one-liner, abstract, 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)] HB 268 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Carver Abstract:
Provides relative to career-related activities for public school students.
Present law requires schools to incorporate activities which expose students in grades 6-8 to career and technical and academic fields of study.
Requires schools to provide students with at least six such activities at each grade level during each school year.
Proposed law retains present law and further:
(1) Requires La.
Works to provide annually information about workforce priorities to publicschoolgoverningauthorities,whichshallselectrelatedactivitiestotheextent possible.
(2) Requires activities to include at least three activities in certain specified categories (directinteractionwithanemployer,careerpathwayinstructionlinkedtohighschool course options, work-based learning exposure, and a career interest inventory).
(3) Requires that at least one annual activity be documented in the individualized graduation plan as provided for in present law.
(4) Requires schools enrolling K-5 students to provide them with at least one of these activities per school year.
(5) Requires school boards to certifyannual compliance to the state Dept.
of Education and maintain auditable records of activities bygrade.
(6) Applies present law and proposed law to charter schools.
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Present law requires schools, as part of the development of individual graduation plans, to provide career awareness and exploration activities to students in grades 6-8, including careerinterest inventories.
Proposed law specificallyrequires a careerinterest inventoryin sixthgradeandupdatedinventoriesinseventhandeighthgradesandappliespresentlawand proposed law to charter schools.
Present law requires BESE to develop an advisement policy for middle and high school grades that districts can use to equip school counselors with the skills and information needed to counsel students about career-related issues.
Proposed law adds that the policy equip them with skills and information needed to document at least one middle school career-related activity in the student's individual graduation plan and ensure that career interest inventories are updated in seventh grade and eighth grade and applies present law and proposed law to charter schools.
Presentlawrequiresschoolcounselorstoprovidepreventiveanddevelopmentalcounseling to K-6 students and authorizes them to consult with teachers on certain matters, including theimplementationofacareerdevelopmentprogram.
Proposedlawadditionallyauthorizes themtoconsultwithteachersonprovidingthatK-5studentsparticipateinatleastonecareer awareness activity during each school year and applies present law and proposed law to charter schools.
(Amends R.S.
17:183.2(A), 2925(B)(1), and 3005(C)(8);
Adds R.S.
17:2926(A)(5) and 3996(B)(24), (30), (44), and (51)) Page 5 of 6 CODING:
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HLS 26RS-946 REENGROSSED HB NO.
268 Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Education to the original bill:
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AddarequirementthatLa.Worksprovideannuallyinformationaboutworkforce priorities to public school governing authorities.
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Require public school governing authorities to select activities related to those priorities to the extent feasible.
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Add a career interest inventory to the list of categories from which to select activities.
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RequireschoolsenrollingK-5students toprovidethemwithatleastoneactivity each school year instead of at least one prior to the end of fifth grade.
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Provideforschoolcounselordocumentationofatleastonemiddleschoolcareer- related activityin a student's individual graduation plan and updating of interest inventories in seventh grade and eighth grade.
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Authorize school counselors to consult with teachers on providing that K-5 students participate in at least one career awareness activity during each school year.
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Apply present law and proposed law to charter schools.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1.
Remove activities aligned to high-demand sectors in La.
as identified by La.
Works from the list of specific categories from which to select activities.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 144.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.

  16. Reported with amendments (13-0).

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  19. Prefiled.

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 28 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (28)

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#805)

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25002
Democrat 8003
Total 34005
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
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

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FINAL PASSAGE (#87)

Passed 99 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 65003
Democrat 27003
Total 99006
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
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 Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
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

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Who sponsors HB 268?
HB 268 is sponsored by Landry, T., John E. Wyble (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Paul Sawyer (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Chasity Martinez (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Mandie Landry (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Jacob Braud (Republican), Ken Brass (Democrat), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Ryan Bourriaque (Republican), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Kim Carver (Republican), and C. Travis Johnson (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 268?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2026. Enacted.
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