Louisiana 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 10 D · 4 R cosponsors

HB 676 — HIGHER EDUCATION: Prohibits a public postsecondary education institution from withholding certain student services for financial reasons (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 334.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 20 sponsors

    1 primary, 19 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (10 D · 4 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 334.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2020.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 6, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.

  10. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  12. Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 26. 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 05/15/20.

  16. Reported with amendments (11-3).

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

  18. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 127 not signed on · 18 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Julie Emerson

Co-sponsors (19)

Not signed on (127)

127 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

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#719)

Passed 88 Yea · 6 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31204
Democrat 18003
Republican 39403
Total 886010
% of votes cast 85%6%0%10%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Huval — Yea
Romero — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Cormier — Yea
James — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Jones — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Landry — Yea
Emerson — Yea
White — Yea
Marino — Yea
Willard — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Magee — Nay
Brown — Not Voting
Hughes — Not Voting
Jefferson — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Not Voting
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Nay
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Not Voting
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#589)

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12005
Republican 15001
Democrat 5001
Total 32007
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Johns — Yea
Smith — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Milligan — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Carter — Not Voting
Peterson — Not Voting
Henry — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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HB 676 BY EMERSON (#156)

Passed 69 Yea · 26 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 20001
Republican 271801
Unaffiliated 22808
Total 6926010
% of votes cast 66%25%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Marino — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Romero — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Jones — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Dwight — Yea
White — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Willard — Yea
Henry — Nay
Nelson — Nay
Davis — Nay
DuBuisson — Nay
Stagni — Nay
McKnight — Nay
Mincey — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Bagala — Not Voting
James — Not Voting
Brown — Not Voting
Landry — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Magee — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Nay
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Nay
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 676?
HB 676 is sponsored by Julie Emerson, R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Gary Carter, Royce Duplessis (Democrat), Bryan Fontenot (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Randal L. Gaines, Barry Ivey, III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Dustin Miller (Democrat), Larry Selders (Democrat), John Stefanski, Cleo Fields, Steven Jackson (Democrat), C. Travis Johnson (Democrat), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), and Charles Owen (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 676?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2020. Enacted.
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