Louisiana 2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 28 R · 14 D cosponsors

HB 495 — STUDENTS: Requires the implementation of suicide prevention and student safety and violence and social isolation prevention training and the creation of clubs at certain public schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Last action — Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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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 03, 2022. 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.

  • 56 sponsors

    1 primary, 55 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (28 R · 14 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill mandates suicide prevention and student safety training in certain public schools.

This legislation requires specific public schools to implement training for suicide prevention, safety, and social isolation prevention, as well as the creation of clubs focused on these issues. The bill has passed both legislative chambers and is awaiting executive approval.

What this means for you
  • Families: This means that schools attended by your children will have programs focused on preventing suicide and safety.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  5. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  6. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2022.

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

  9. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported with amendments.

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

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

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. 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 04/13/2022.

  16. Reported with amendments (10-0).

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

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/4/2022.

  19. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 55 co-sponsors · 91 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (55)

Not signed on (91)

91 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 (#1244)

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29003
Republican 46003
Democrat 21003
Total 96009
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Willard — Yea
Glover — Not Voting
Davis — Not Voting
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Huval — Yea
Romero — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Stagni — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Marino — Yea
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 (#928)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Republican 15002
Democrat 5001
Total 35003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Henry — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Carter — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow 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
Jeremy Stine 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 Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#279)

Passed 94 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28004
Republican 48001
Democrat 18006
Total 940011
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Gaines — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Emerson — Yea
White — Yea
Magee — Yea
Willard — Yea
Marino — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Bishop — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Jefferson — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Mincey — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Brown — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Romero — Yea
Huval — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur 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 Not Voting
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

public-safety education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 495?
HB 495 is sponsored by Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Ken Brass (Democrat), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Mack Cormier, Raymond J. Crews (Republican), Paula Davis, Phillip DeVillier (Republican), Mary DuBuisson, Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Randal L. Gaines, Ray Garofalo, Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Lance Harris, Valarie Hodges (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Patrick O. Jefferson, Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Mandie Landry (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Jack McFarland (Republican), Scott McKnight, Wayne McMahen (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Charles Owen (Republican), Vincent J. Pierre, Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Clay Schexnayder, Larry Selders (Democrat), Joe Stagni, Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), William "Bill" Wheat , Jr., Malinda White, Matthew Willard, Mark Wright (Republican), Debbie Villio (Republican), Jerome Zeringue (Republican), Regina Barrow (Democrat), III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc (Republican), and Mike Johnson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 495?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 03, 2022. Enacted.
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