Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SCR 2 — BESE: Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2023-2024 school year. (7/1/23) (EG +$258,512,590 GF EX See Note)

Last action — Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays.

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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 2023 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.

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Action History

  1. Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays.

  2. Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.

  3. By a vote of 93 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.

  4. Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.

  5. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 06/07/2023.

  7. Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.

  8. Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading.

  9. Reported favorably (9-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  10. Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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

  12. Read by title and adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered sent to the House.

  13. Received in the House from the Senate.

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

  15. Reported favorably.

  16. Rules suspended.

  17. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

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

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

Sponsors

  • Cleo Fields · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Cleo Fields

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 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

2/3 vote (#935)

Passed 30 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Republican 13006
Democrat 5002
Total 30009
% of votes cast 77%0%0%23%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
Smith — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Mills, F. — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Cameron Henry Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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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PASS TO THIRD READING (#1136)

Passed 93 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28004
Republican 44005
Democrat 21003
Total 930012
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Glover — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Romero — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Gaines — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Frieman — Not Voting
Ivey — 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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Not Voting
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 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 Not Voting
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Not Voting
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
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 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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ADOPT (#550)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 19000
Democrat 5002
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — 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
Fields — 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 Not Voting
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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Subjects

education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SCR 2?
SCR 2 is sponsored by Cleo Fields.
What is the current status of SCR 2?
This bill died with 2023 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.
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