Louisiana 2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 8 R · 7 D cosponsors

HB 981 — CURRICULA: Requires instruction on mental health to be provided for students in grades kindergarten through twelve

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 April 05, 2022. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · 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.

  • 17 sponsors

    1 primary, 16 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (8 R · 7 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  2. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

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

  8. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

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

  10. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  12. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2022.

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

  14. Reported favorably (10-0).

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

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 16 co-sponsors · 130 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (16)

Not signed on (130)

130 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

CO-AUTHORS (#1138)

Failed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 24 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5001
Republican 60011
Unaffiliated 30012
Total 140024
% of votes cast 37%0%0%63%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
Mr. President — Not Voting
Mills, R. — Not Voting
Henry — Not Voting
Bernard — Not Voting
Hewitt — Not Voting
Peacock — Not Voting
Pope — Not Voting
Fields — Not Voting
Milligan — Not Voting
Ward — Not Voting
Mills, F. — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Not Voting
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Not Voting
Franklin J. Foil Republican Not Voting
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Not Voting
Jeremy Stine Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Not Voting
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1137)

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14001
Republican 15002
Democrat 5001
Total 34004
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Fields — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Jeremy Stine Republican Not Voting
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

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#820)

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30002
Republican 45004
Democrat 20004
Total 950010
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
DuBuisson — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Davis — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Glover — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Huval — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Romero — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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

healthcare education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 981?
HB 981 is sponsored by Royce Duplessis (Democrat), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Regina Barrow (Democrat), Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Joseph Bouie, Gary Carter (Democrat), Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Patrick Connick (Republican), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Jay Luneau (Democrat), Edward J. Price (Democrat), Mike Reese (Republican), Gary L. Smith, Jr., Kirk Talbot (Republican), Glen Womack (Republican), and Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 981?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 05, 2022. Enacted.
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