Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted 10 R cosponsors

HB 38 — FISCAL CONTROLS: Provides for school board information to be accessible on the Louisiana Fiscal Transparency Website known as Louisiana Checkbook (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

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

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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 March 01, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 66% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 13 sponsors

    1 primary, 12 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (10 R).

  • Mixed recorded votes

    5 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  2. Veto message read. Lies over under the rules.

  3. Vetoed by the Governor.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  6. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 20 yeas and 14 nays.

  7. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

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

  9. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  10. Rules suspended.

  11. Conference Committee report received.

  12. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 76, nays 27. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  13. Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  14. House conferees appointed: Edmonds, Zeringue, and Bacala.

  15. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  16. Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  17. Senate conference committee members appointed: White, Bouie, and Talbot.

  18. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  19. Conference committee report received.

  20. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  21. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  22. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.

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

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

  25. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

  27. Called from the calendar.

  28. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  29. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  30. Notice given.

  31. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/04/2021.

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

  33. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2021.

  34. Reported favorably (19-0).

  35. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

  36. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/5/2021.

  37. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

  38. Prefiled.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 12 co-sponsors · 134 not signed on · 41 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (12)

Not signed on (134)

134 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

ADOPT (#1064)

Passed 20 Yea · 14 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 12202
Unaffiliated 8602
Democrat 0600
Total 201404
% of votes cast 53%37%0%11%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Henry — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Johns — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Nay
Bernard — Nay
Bouie — Nay
Mills, F. — Nay
Fields — Nay
Peterson — Nay
Smith — Not Voting
Ward — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Nay
Jay Luneau Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Nay
Regina Barrow Democrat Nay
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Nay
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 Nay
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1194)

Passed 76 Yea · 27 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25702
Republican 47200
Democrat 41800
Total 762702
% of votes cast 72%26%0%2%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Romero — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Huval — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Davis — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Emerson — Yea
White — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Brown — Nay
Hughes — Nay
Jones — Nay
Pierre — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Willard — Nay
Glover — Not Voting
James — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Nay
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann 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 Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Nay
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel 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 Yea
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 Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1086)

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 21001
Republican 48001
Unaffiliated 26008
Total 950010
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Marino — Yea
Emerson — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Huval — Not Voting
Stefanski — Not Voting
James — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Jones — Not Voting
Hughes — Not Voting
Magee — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
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
Mandie Landry 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 Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann 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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel 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 Yea
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 Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#859)

Passed 27 Yea · 10 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13300
Republican 14101
Democrat 0600
Total 271001
% of votes cast 71%26%0%3%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Henry — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Johns — Yea
Ward — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Pope — Nay
Mills, F. — Nay
Peterson — Nay
Edward J. Price Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Nay
Jay Luneau Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Nay
Regina Barrow Democrat Nay
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
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 Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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AMENDMENT # 3543 BY BOUIE, HB 38 BY EDMONDS (#858)

Failed 19 Yea · 18 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 10600
Republican 31201
Total 191801
% of votes cast 50%47%0%3%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Hewitt — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Ward — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Mr. President — Nay
Peacock — Nay
Johns — Nay
Pope — Nay
White — Nay
Mills, R. — Nay
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Nay
Franklin J. Foil Republican Nay
Glen Womack Republican Nay
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Nay
Patrick McMath Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Nay
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Nay

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FINAL PASSAGE (#219)

Passed 99 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33001
Republican 47001
Democrat 19003
Total 99005
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Frieman — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Glover — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Brown — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Cormier — Yea
James — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Romero — Yea
Davis — Yea
Jones — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Marino — Yea
Bishop — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Mandie Landry 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 Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann 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 Not Voting
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
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 Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron 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 Yea
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 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 Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 38?
HB 38 is sponsored by Rick Edmonds (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Larry Frieman, Ray Garofalo, Barry Ivey, Jack McFarland (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), and Charles Owen (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 38?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 01, 2021. Enacted.
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