Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 472 — TEACHERS: Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to grant five-year teaching certificates to applicants who hold out-of-state teaching certificates and who meet other criteria (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 371.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2023. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 13 sponsors

    1 primary, 12 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

  • 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. 371.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2023.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

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

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 2, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.

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

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

  12. Reported with amendments.

  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 third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2023.

  18. Reported favorably (10-0-1).

  19. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  20. Reported with amendments (6-5). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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

  22. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.

  23. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 12 co-sponsors · 134 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Buddy Mincey

Co-sponsors (12)

Not signed on (134)

134 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 (#1035)

Passed 97 Yea · 2 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31001
Republican 45202
Democrat 21003
Total 97206
% of votes cast 92%2%0%6%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Glover — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Davis — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
White — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
Willard — Yea
Marino — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Romero — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox 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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Nay
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

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#699)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 19000
Democrat 6001
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Carter — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, F. — 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 Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Cameron Henry 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 Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#531)

Passed 88 Yea · 7 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 26303
Democrat 23001
Republican 39406
Total 887010
% of votes cast 84%7%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Glover — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Brown — Yea
Huval — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Frieman — Nay
Hollis — Not Voting
McKnight — Not Voting
Marino — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox 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 Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams 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 Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
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 Not Voting
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
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 Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Not Voting
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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 472?
HB 472 is sponsored by Barrow Peacock, Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Joe Stagni, C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Mike Johnson (Republican), Patrick O. Jefferson, Barry Ivey, Jason Hughes, Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Buddy Mincey, and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 472?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2023. Enacted.
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