Louisiana 2020 Second Extraordinary Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 10 D · 2 R cosponsors

HB 56 — SCHOOLS: Authorizes administration of medical marijuana to a student by a parent, guardian, or authorized school employee at a public school (Item #42)

Last action — Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Second Extraordinary 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  2. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  3. Rules suspended.

  4. Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  5. Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

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

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

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

  9. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 20. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  10. Reported with amendments (12-0).

  11. Rules suspended.

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

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 10/13/20.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 129 not signed on · 16 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (129)

129 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 (#230)

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15002
Republican 13003
Democrat 6000
Total 34005
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Johns — Yea
Smith — Yea
Carter — Yea
Ward — Yea
White — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Peterson — Not Voting
Mills, R. — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#266)

Passed 88 Yea · 0 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30007
Republican 42005
Democrat 16005
Total 880017
% of votes cast 84%0%0%16%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Cormier — Yea
James — Yea
Romero — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Landry — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
Brown — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Stagni — Not Voting
Davis — Not Voting
Marino — Not Voting
Garofalo — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Not Voting
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
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 (#104)

Passed 68 Yea · 20 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25408
Republican 261605
Democrat 17004
Total 6820017
% of votes cast 65%19%0%16%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
James — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Landry — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Frieman — Nay
Coussan — Nay
Henry — Nay
Dwight — Nay
Brown — Not Voting
Garofalo — Not Voting
Marino — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Davis — Not Voting
Pierre — Not Voting
Stagni — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Not Voting
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Nay
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Not Voting
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Not Voting
Mike Johnson Republican Not Voting
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Not Voting
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Nay
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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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 56?
HB 56 is sponsored by Mandie Landry (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Larry Selders (Democrat), Ken Brass (Democrat), Gary Carter, Mack Cormier, Royce Duplessis (Democrat), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Jason Hughes, Edward Ted James, Samuel Jenkins, Frederick D. Jones, Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), and Larry A. Bagley (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 56?
This bill died with 2020 Second Extraordinary 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.
Where can I track HB 56?
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