SB 178 is sponsored by Mike Walsworth.

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Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 178 — STUDENTS: Allows students to wear bulletproof backpacks. (gov sig)

Last action May 18, 2018 — Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

May 18, 2018
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
May 17, 2018
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 17, 2018
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
May 16, 2018
Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 25 yeas and 1 nays.
May 15, 2018
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 6. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
May 15, 2018
Received from the House with amendments.
May 11, 2018
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/18.
May 07, 2018
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
May 03, 2018
Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
May 02, 2018
Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
April 10, 2018
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
April 09, 2018
Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
April 09, 2018
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
March 27, 2018
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
March 26, 2018
Reported favorably.
March 12, 2018
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
February 28, 2018
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Mike Walsworth

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 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

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	18	1	0	9
Republican	3	0	0	3
Democrat	4	0	0	1
Total	25	1	0	13
% of votes cast	64%	3%	0%	33%

Member	Party	Vote
Johns	—	Yea
Martiny	—	Yea
Milkovich	—	Yea
Mills	—	Yea
Hewitt	—	Yea
Long	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Nay
Mr. President	—	Yea
Fannin	—	Yea
Peacock	—	Yea
Perry	—	Yea
Smith, G.	—	Yea
Bishop	—	Not Voting
Carter	—	Not Voting
Appel	—	Yea
Claitor	—	Yea
Donahue	—	Yea
Erdey	—	Yea
Walsworth	—	Yea
Ward	—	Yea
White	—	Not Voting
Smith, J.	—	Not Voting
Morrish	—	Not Voting
Peterson	—	Not Voting
Chabert	—	Not Voting
Colomb	—	Not Voting
Cortez	—	Yea
Gatti	—	Not Voting
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Yea
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Not Voting
Beth Mizell	Republican	Yea
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Not Voting
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Not Voting
Neil Riser	Republican	Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Not Voting
Robert Allain	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	51	5	0	10
Democrat	9	1	0	3
Republican	22	0	0	3
Total	82	6	0	16
% of votes cast	79%	6%	0%	15%

Member	Party	Vote
Ivey	—	Yea
Leopold	—	Yea
Magee	—	Yea
Marino	—	Nay
Shadoin	—	Yea
Norton	—	Yea
Richard	—	Yea
Stokes	—	Yea
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
Guinn	—	Yea
Hall	—	Yea
Hazel	—	Yea
Hoffmann	—	Yea
Bishop	—	Yea
Howard	—	Yea
Brown, C.	—	Yea
Brown, T.	—	Yea
Huval	—	Yea
Carter, S.	—	Yea
James	—	Yea
Jefferson	—	Yea
Jones	—	Yea
Pearson	—	Yea
Pierre	—	Yea
Pope	—	Yea
Pugh	—	Yea
Landry, N.	—	Yea
White	—	Yea
Anders	—	Yea
Armes	—	Yea
Billiot	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Yea
Carmody	—	Yea
Coussan	—	Yea
Cromer	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Pylant	—	Yea
Reynolds	—	Yea
Schexnayder	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Stefanski	—	Yea
Thibaut	—	Yea
Smith	—	Nay
Havard	—	Not Voting
Johnson	—	Not Voting
Henry	—	Not Voting
Hill	—	Not Voting
Hollis	—	Not Voting
Hunter	—	Nay
LeBas	—	Not Voting
Leger	—	Not Voting
Emerson	—	Yea
Simon	—	Not Voting
Abramson	—	Not Voting
Amedee	—	Yea
Bagneris	—	Not Voting
Berthelot	—	Yea
Chaney	—	Yea
Dwight	—	Yea
Falconer	—	Yea
Franklin	—	Nay
Gaines	—	Yea
Garofalo	—	Yea
Gisclair	—	Yea
Glover	—	Yea
Landry, T.	—	Nay
Barbara Carpenter	Democrat	Nay
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Yea
Dustin Miller	Democrat	Yea
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Yea
Gary Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Yea
Ken Brass	Democrat	Yea
Robby Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Not Voting
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Yea
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Yea
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Yea
Alan Seabaugh	Republican	Yea
Blake Miguez	Republican	Yea
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Yea
Dodie Horton	Republican	Yea
Franklin J. Foil	Republican	Yea
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Yea
Jack McFarland	Republican	Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue	Republican	Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris	Republican	Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris	Republican	Yea
Kirk Talbot	Republican	Yea
Larry A. Bagley	Republican	Yea
Mark Abraham	Republican	Yea
Mark Wright	Republican	Yea
Nicholas Muscarello	Republican	Yea
Patrick Connick	Republican	Not Voting
Phillip DeVillier	Republican	Yea
Polly Thomas	Republican	Yea
Raymond J. Crews	Republican	Yea
Rick Edmonds	Republican	Yea
Shane Mack	Republican	Yea
Stephanie Hilferty	Republican	Yea
Tony Bacala	Republican	Not Voting
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	24	2	0	2
Republican	6	0	0	0
Democrat	4	0	0	1
Total	34	2	0	3
% of votes cast	87%	5%	0%	8%

Member	Party	Vote
Johns	—	Yea
Long	—	Yea
Martiny	—	Yea
Milkovich	—	Yea
Mills	—	Yea
Morrish	—	Yea
Hewitt	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Nay
Mr. President	—	Yea
Bishop	—	Yea
Smith, G.	—	Yea
Perry	—	Yea
Peterson	—	Nay
Smith, J.	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
White	—	Yea
Fannin	—	Yea
Peacock	—	Yea
Walsworth	—	Yea
Chabert	—	Yea
Claitor	—	Yea
Cortez	—	Yea
Donahue	—	Yea
Ward	—	Yea
Appel	—	Not Voting
Colomb	—	Not Voting
Erdey	—	Yea
Gatti	—	Yea
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Yea
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Not Voting
Beth Mizell	Republican	Yea
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Yea
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Yea
Neil Riser	Republican	Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Yea
Robert Allain	Republican	Yea

Subjects

public-safety education

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Who sponsors SB 178?: SB 178 is sponsored by Mike Walsworth.
What is the current status of SB 178?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2018. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 178
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 28, 2018
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Mike Walsworth

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