HB 67 — HIGHER EDUCATION: Authorizes the University of Louisiana System to establish tuition and fees for a Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (EN +$576,000 SG RV See Note)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 112.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 06, 2023. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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18 sponsors
1 primary, 17 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (6 D · 6 R) — cross-party backing.
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Mixed recorded votes
2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
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Read HB 67 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 112.
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Effective date: 08/01/2023.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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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.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported favorably.
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Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
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Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/2023.
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Reported favorably (11-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/10/2023.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
Sponsors
- Jr. Gary L. Smith · Cosponsor
- Edward J. Price · Cosponsor
- Barrow Peacock · Cosponsor
- John C. "Jay" Morris · Cosponsor
- Jr. Fred H. Mills · Cosponsor
- Eddie J. Lambert · Cosponsor
- Sharon Hewitt · Cosponsor
- Stewart Jr. Cathey · Cosponsor
- Gary Carter · Cosponsor
- Joseph Bouie · Cosponsor
- Gerald Boudreaux · Cosponsor
- Regina Barrow · Cosponsor
- Kirk Talbot · Cosponsor
- Beth Mizell · Cosponsor
- Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews · Cosponsor
- Cleo Fields · Cosponsor
- Michael Charles Echols · Cosponsor
- Adrian Fisher · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 129 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Adrian Fisher Democrat
Co-sponsors (17)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr.
- Edward J. Price Democrat
- Barrow Peacock
- John C. "Jay" Morris Republican
- Fred H. Mills, Jr.
- Eddie J. Lambert Republican
- Sharon Hewitt
- Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican
- Gary Carter Democrat
- Joseph Bouie
- Gerald Boudreaux Democrat
- Regina Barrow Democrat
- Kirk Talbot Republican
- Beth Mizell Republican
- Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat
- Cleo Fields
- Michael Charles Echols Republican
Not signed on (129)
129 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 129 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Republican | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| % of votes cast | 38% | 0% | 0% | 62% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Fields | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Mills, F. | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Not Voting |
| Mills, R. | — | Not Voting |
| Pope | — | Not Voting |
| Bernard | — | Not Voting |
| White | — | Not Voting |
| Milligan | — | Not Voting |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Not Voting |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Not Voting |
| Cameron Henry | Republican | Not Voting |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Not Voting |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Not Voting |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Not Voting |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Not Voting |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Not Voting |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Not Voting |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Not Voting |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Milligan | — | Yea |
| Mills, F. | — | Yea |
| Mills, R. | — | Not Voting |
| White | — | Not Voting |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Fields | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Bernard | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | 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 |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Cameron Henry | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 100 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Frieman | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Mincey | — | Yea |
| Goudeau | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Cormier | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| McKnight | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Not Voting |
| Gaines | — | Not Voting |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| DuBuisson | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 67?
- HB 67 is sponsored by Gary L. Smith, Jr., Edward J. Price (Democrat), Barrow Peacock, John C. "Jay" Morris (Republican), Fred H. Mills, Jr., Eddie J. Lambert (Republican), Sharon Hewitt, Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Gary Carter (Democrat), Joseph Bouie, Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Regina Barrow (Democrat), Kirk Talbot (Republican), Beth Mizell (Republican), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Cleo Fields, Michael Charles Echols (Republican), and Adrian Fisher (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB 67?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 06, 2023. Enacted.
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