Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 14 R · 9 D cosponsors

HB 676 — EARLY CHILDHOOD:  Creates the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission and pilot programs for community early childhood care and education networks (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Last action — Called from the calendar.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Action History

  1. Called from the calendar.

  2. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  3. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  4. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 1 nays.

  5. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  6. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  7. Notice given.

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/18.

  9. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  10. Senate conference committee members appointed: Morrish, Mizell, and Appel.

  11. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  12. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/18.

  13. Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.

  14. Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  15. House conferees appointed: Hilferty, Nancy Landry, and Thomas.

  16. Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  17. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  18. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/15/18.

  19. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  20. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

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

  23. Reported favorably.

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

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

  26. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  27. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/02/18.

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

  29. Reported with amendments (14-0).

  30. Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Education.

  31. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

  • Sharon Hewitt · Cosponsor
  • Mark Wright · Cosponsor
  • Jr. Fred H. Mills · Cosponsor
  • Francis C. Thompson · Cosponsor
  • Dodie Horton · Cosponsor
  • Conrad Appel · Cosponsor
  • Clay Schexnayder · Cosponsor
  • Chad Brown · Cosponsor
  • Beth Mizell · Cosponsor
  • Barrow Peacock · Cosponsor
  • Andy Anders · Cosponsor
  • John Bagneris · Cosponsor
  • John A. Johnny Berthelot · Cosponsor
  • Joseph Bouie · Cosponsor
  • Terry Brown · Cosponsor
  • Gary Carter · Cosponsor
  • Steve Carter · Cosponsor
  • Patrick Connick · Cosponsor
  • III Walt Leger · Cosponsor
  • Vincent J. Pierre · Cosponsor
  • Valarie Hodges · Cosponsor
  • Tony Bacala · Cosponsor
  • Stephanie Hilferty · Primary
  • Shane Mack · Cosponsor
  • Ryan Gatti · Cosponsor
  • Rodney Lyons · Cosponsor
  • Robert E. Billiot · Cosponsor
  • III Rick Ward · Cosponsor
  • Rick Edmonds · Cosponsor
  • Reid Falconer · Cosponsor
  • Regina Barrow · Cosponsor
  • Polly Thomas · Cosponsor
  • Paul Hollis · Cosponsor
  • Patrick Page Cortez · Cosponsor
  • Patrick O. Jefferson · Cosponsor
  • Nancy Landry · Cosponsor
  • Ken Brass · Cosponsor
  • Julie Stokes · Cosponsor
  • Jack Donahue · Cosponsor
  • J. Rogers Pope · Cosponsor
  • Gerald Long · Cosponsor
  • Gerald Boudreaux · Cosponsor
  • Jr. Gary L. Smith · Cosponsor
  • Paula Davis · Cosponsor
  • Franklin J. Foil · Cosponsor
  • Ray Garofalo · Cosponsor
  • Jerry "Truck" Gisclair · Cosponsor
  • Cedric Glover · Cosponsor
  • Jeff Hall · Cosponsor
  • Frank Hoffmann · Cosponsor
  • Marcus Hunter · Cosponsor
  • Joseph Marino · Cosponsor
  • Barbara Norton · Cosponsor
  • Gene Reynolds · Cosponsor
  • Patricia Smith · Cosponsor
  • Joe Stagni · Cosponsor
  • Malinda White · Cosponsor
  • John Alario · Cosponsor
  • Wesley Bishop · Cosponsor
  • Norby Chabert · Cosponsor
  • Jay Luneau · Cosponsor
  • J.P. Morrell · Cosponsor
  • Dan W. Morrish · Cosponsor
  • Ed Price · Cosponsor
  • Mike Walsworth · Cosponsor
  • Jr. Mack Bodi White · Cosponsor
  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur · Cosponsor
  • Neil Riser · Cosponsor
  • Jerome Zeringue · Cosponsor
  • Jack McFarland · Cosponsor
  • C. Denise Marcelle · Cosponsor
  • Steven Jackson · Cosponsor
  • Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
  • Dustin Miller · Cosponsor
  • Robby Carter · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 74 co-sponsors · 72 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (74)

Not signed on (72)

72 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

MOTION TO ADOPT (#1377)

Passed 89 Yea · 0 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 22003
Unaffiliated 560010
Democrat 11002
Total 890015
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
James — Yea
LeBas — Yea
Leger — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Abramson — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hazel — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hill — Yea
Howard — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Smith — Yea
Norton — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Havard — Not Voting
White — Yea
Brown, T. — Not Voting
Landry, N. — Not Voting
Hoffmann — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Jones — Not Voting
Cromer — Not Voting
Falconer — Not Voting
Pearson — Not Voting
Shadoin — Not Voting
Carmody — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Simon — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Armes — Yea
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Yea
Glover — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
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 Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Not Voting

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ADOPT (#1378)

Passed 33 Yea · 1 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5000
Unaffiliated 24103
Republican 4002
Total 33105
% of votes cast 85%3%0%13%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Yea
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Nay
Mills — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Fannin — Yea
Morrish — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Carter — Yea
Smith, J. — Yea
White — Yea
Johns — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Perry — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Appel — Yea
Claitor — Not Voting
Colomb — Not Voting
Donahue — Yea
Erdey — Yea
Walsworth — Yea
Ward — Yea
Chabert — Yea
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 Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea

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REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1073)

Passed 93 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58008
Democrat 11002
Republican 24001
Total 930011
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Jefferson — Yea
Jones — Not Voting
LeBas — Yea
Leger — Not Voting
Leopold — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Simon — Not Voting
Norton — Not Voting
Stokes — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Yea
Havard — Yea
Hazel — Yea
Henry — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Pope — Yea
Anders — Yea
Armes — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Hollis — Not Voting
Howard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
James — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
White — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Pugh — Not Voting
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Shadoin — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Abramson — Not Voting
Amedee — Yea
Bagneris — Not Voting
Berthelot — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Cromer — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Yea
Glover — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Yea
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

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CO-AUTHORS (#791)

Passed 22 Yea · 0 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 150013
Democrat 5000
Republican 2004
Total 220017
% of votes cast 56%0%0%44%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Johns — Not Voting
Martiny — Not Voting
Milkovich — Not Voting
Mills — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Long — Yea
Fannin — Not Voting
Bishop — Not Voting
Carter — Not Voting
Smith, J. — Not Voting
Morrish — Not Voting
Peacock — Yea
Claitor — Not Voting
Colomb — Not Voting
Perry — Not Voting
Peterson — Not Voting
Mr. President — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
White — Yea
Appel — Yea
Cortez — Yea
Walsworth — Yea
Ward — Yea
Chabert — Yea
Donahue — Yea
Erdey — Not Voting
Gatti — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Not Voting
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting

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FINAL PASSAGE (#792)

Passed 32 Yea · 1 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21106
Democrat 5000
Republican 6000
Total 32106
% of votes cast 82%3%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Yea
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Nay
Mills — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Johns — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Smith, J. — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Morrish — Not Voting
Peacock — Yea
Perry — Yea
Fannin — Yea
White — Yea
Bishop — Not Voting
Peterson — Not Voting
Carter — Not Voting
Appel — Yea
Chabert — Yea
Claitor — Yea
Cortez — Yea
Walsworth — Yea
Ward — Yea
Colomb — Not Voting
Donahue — Yea
Erdey — Not Voting
Gatti — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
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

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FINAL PASSAGE (#210)

Passed 90 Yea · 0 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 59009
Democrat 11001
Republican 20004
Total 900014
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Hunter — Yea
Leger — Yea
Leopold — Not Voting
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Yea
Havard — Yea
Hazel — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Howard — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Smith — Yea
LeBas — Yea
Norton — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Cromer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Simon — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson — Yea
White — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
Bishop — Not Voting
Hill — Not Voting
James — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Moreno — Not Voting
Abramson — Not Voting
Armes — Not Voting
Chaney — Not Voting
Davis — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Pearson — Not Voting
Shadoin — Not Voting
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Danahay — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Yea
Glover — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 676?
HB 676 is sponsored by Sharon Hewitt, Mark Wright (Republican), Fred H. Mills, Jr., Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Conrad Appel, Clay Schexnayder, Chad Brown, Beth Mizell (Republican), Barrow Peacock, Andy Anders, John Bagneris, John A. Johnny Berthelot, Joseph Bouie, Terry Brown, Gary Carter, Steve Carter, Patrick Connick, Walt Leger, III, Vincent J. Pierre, Valarie Hodges (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Shane Mack (Republican), Ryan Gatti, Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Robert E. Billiot, Rick Ward, III, Rick Edmonds (Republican), Reid Falconer, Regina Barrow (Democrat), Polly Thomas (Republican), Paul Hollis, Patrick Page Cortez, Patrick O. Jefferson, Nancy Landry, Ken Brass (Democrat), Julie Stokes, Jack Donahue, J. Rogers Pope, Gerald Long, Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Gary L. Smith, Jr., Paula Davis, Franklin J. Foil, Ray Garofalo, Jerry "Truck" Gisclair, Cedric Glover, Jeff Hall, Frank Hoffmann, Marcus Hunter, Joseph Marino, Barbara Norton, Gene Reynolds, Patricia Smith, Joe Stagni, Malinda White, John Alario, Wesley Bishop, Norby Chabert, Jay Luneau, J.P. Morrell, Dan W. Morrish, Ed Price, Mike Walsworth, Mack Bodi White, Jr., Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Neil Riser (Republican), Jerome Zeringue (Republican), Jack McFarland (Republican), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Steven Jackson (Democrat), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Dustin Miller (Democrat), and Robby Carter (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 676?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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