Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 487 — STUDENT/TUITION:  Creates a program for education savings accounts for tuition expenses for elementary and secondary schools (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Last action — Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 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 “In Committee” 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.

  2. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 49, nays 44. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending.

  3. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/18.

  4. Read by title, amended, ordered re-reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  5. Reported with amendments (13-0).

  6. Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  7. Reported with amendments (10-0).

  8. Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  9. Reported favorably (10-2). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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

  11. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

  • Major Thibaut · Cosponsor
  • Steve Carter · Cosponsor
  • Jean-Paul Coussan · Cosponsor
  • Jerome Zeringue · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 143 not signed on · 16 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

  • Major Thibaut
  • Steve Carter
  • Jean-Paul Coussan

Not signed on (143)

143 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 (#650)

Failed 49 Yea · 44 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 312808
Democrat 01102
Republican 18502
Total 4944012
% of votes cast 47%42%0%11%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Hunter — Yea
James — Nay
Jones — Nay
Leger — Not Voting
Leopold — Not Voting
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Norton — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Henry — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Richard — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Abramson — Yea
Anders — Yea
Hall — Nay
Carter, S. — Yea
Havard — Nay
Hazel — Nay
Hoffmann — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Howard — Nay
Huval — Nay
Ivey — Yea
Jefferson — Nay
LeBas — Nay
Brown, T. — Nay
Pearson — Nay
Johnson — Nay
Smith — Nay
Brown, C. — Not Voting
Pierre — Nay
Billiot — Nay
Bouie — Nay
Carmody — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Hill — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Reynolds — Not Voting
Coussan — Yea
Danahay — Yea
Davis — Yea
Pope — Nay
Pylant — Nay
Schexnayder — Nay
Shadoin — Nay
Simon — Nay
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Armes — Nay
Bagneris — Nay
Berthelot — Nay
Cromer — Not Voting
Dwight — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Nay
Glover — Not Voting
Landry, T. — Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Steven Jackson Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Not Voting
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Nay
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 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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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 487?
HB 487 is sponsored by Major Thibaut, Steve Carter, Jean-Paul Coussan, and Jerome Zeringue (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 487?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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.
Where can I track HB 487?
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