Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 211 — SCHOOLS/CHOICE: Provides relative to public school choice (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 420.

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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 25, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • 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. 420.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2021.

  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 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

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

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

  11. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. Reported favorably.

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

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

  15. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  16. Called from the calendar.

  17. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 60, nays 39. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

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

  20. Reported with amendments (10-0).

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

  22. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/26/2021.

  23. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

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

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1097)

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29005
Democrat 21001
Republican 48001
Total 98007
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Huval — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Magee — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Marino — Yea
White — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Glover — Not Voting
James — Not Voting
Willard — Not Voting
Jones — Not Voting
Hughes — 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 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 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 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 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 Not Voting
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 (#841)

Passed 35 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14101
Republican 15001
Democrat 6000
Total 35102
% of votes cast 92%3%0%5%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Johns — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Ward — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Smith — Nay
Peterson — 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 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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FINAL PASSAGE (#216)

Passed 60 Yea · 39 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 231001
Republican 301701
Democrat 71203
Total 603905
% of votes cast 58%38%0%5%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Davis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Romero — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Frieman — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Willard — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Brown — Nay
Glover — Nay
Mincey — Nay
Huval — Nay
James — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Pierre — Nay
Jones — Nay
Cormier — Nay
White — Nay
Bishop — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
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 Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
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 Not Voting
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Nay
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Nay
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Nay
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 Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 211?
HB 211 is sponsored by Mark Wright (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 211?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 25, 2021. Enacted.
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