Louisiana 2022 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 2 D · 2 R cosponsors

SB 256 — SCHOOLS: Requires certain assessments of a student prior to suspension from school. (gov sig) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Last action — Rules suspended.

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

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Rules suspended.

  2. Called from the calendar.

  3. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 43, nays 47. Failed to pass.

  4. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  5. Scheduled for floor debate on 06/02/2022.

  6. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  7. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  8. Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  10. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  11. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  12. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  13. Reported with amendments.

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

  15. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 141 not signed on · 36 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (141)

141 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 PASSAGE (#1494)

Failed 43 Yea · 47 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 20103
Unaffiliated 151106
Republican 83506
Total 4347015
% of votes cast 41%45%0%14%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mincey — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Coussan — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Marino — Yea
Glover — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Frieman — Nay
Nelson — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Romero — Nay
Davis — Nay
Huval — Nay
Stefanski — Nay
Emerson — Nay
McKnight — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Magee — Not Voting
Goudeau — Not Voting
Bishop — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Brown — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Nay
Adrian Fisher Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
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 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 Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Nay
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Nay
Danny McCormick Republican Not Voting
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Nay
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Not Voting
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Not Voting
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Nay
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Nay
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Nay
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Not Voting
Neil Riser Republican Not Voting
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Phillip DeVillier Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Nay
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Nay
Tony Bacala Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Nay

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FINAL PASSAGE (#467)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Republican 14003
Democrat 6000
Total 35003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
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 Not Voting
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
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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Subjects

public-safety education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 256?
SB 256 is sponsored by St. Blanc, Regina Barrow (Democrat), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Patrick O. Jefferson, and Charles Owen (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 256?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 256?
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