Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SCR 18 — EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Requests the state Department of Education to study the feasibility of banning the use of corporal punishment in public schools.

Last action — Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/28/2021.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 12, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/28/2021.

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  3. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Read by title, concurred in by vote of 60 yeas, 35 nays.

  5. Received from the House without amendments.

  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/25/2021.

  7. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

  8. Reported favorably (9-0).

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

  10. Read by title and adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered sent to the House.

  11. Received in the House from the Senate.

  12. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

  13. Reported favorably.

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

Sponsors

  • Cleo Fields · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 29 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Cleo Fields

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 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 CONSIDERATION (#670)

Passed 60 Yea · 35 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 24604
Democrat 18004
Republican 182902
Total 6035010
% of votes cast 57%33%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Glover — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Nelson — Yea
James — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Jones — Yea
Davis — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Marino — Yea
Gaines — Yea
McKnight — Yea
White — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Willard — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Emerson — Nay
Frieman — Nay
Bishop — Nay
Goudeau — Nay
Romero — Nay
Coussan — Not Voting
Ivey — Not Voting
Stefanski — Not Voting
Magee — 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 Not Voting
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Nay
Charles Owen Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Nay
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
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 Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Nay
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Nay
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Phillip DeVillier Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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ADOPT (#230)

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13004
Republican 14002
Democrat 6000
Total 33006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Johns — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Carter — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Peterson — Not Voting
Henry — Not Voting
Peacock — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
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 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 Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Not Voting
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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Subjects

civil-rights education
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Who sponsors SCR 18?
SCR 18 is sponsored by Cleo Fields.
What is the current status of SCR 18?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 12, 2021. Enacted.
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