HB 191 is sponsored by Vincent J. Pierre, Pat Moore (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Samuel Jenkins, Cedric Glover, Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Ken Brass (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Patrick O. Jefferson, and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).

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Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 7 D · 5 R cosponsors

HB 191 — TEACHERS/CERTIFICATION: Provides relative to teacher certification

Last action June 06, 2023 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 63.

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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2023. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · 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.
16 sponsors

1 primary, 15 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (7 D · 5 R) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

June 06, 2023
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 63.
June 06, 2023
Effective date: 06/06/2023.
May 31, 2023
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
May 30, 2023
Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 25, 2023
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
May 24, 2023
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
May 24, 2023
Received from the Senate without amendments.
May 17, 2023
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
May 16, 2023
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 15, 2023
Reported favorably.
April 26, 2023
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
April 25, 2023
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
April 25, 2023
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
April 24, 2023
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
April 24, 2023
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/2023.
April 20, 2023
Reported favorably (11-0).
April 10, 2023
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
March 24, 2023
Prefiled.
March 24, 2023
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
March 24, 2023
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/24/2023.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Patrick O. Jefferson

Not signed on (131)

131 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#423)

May 24, 2023

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	12	0	0	1
Republican	19	0	0	0
Democrat	7	0	0	0
Total	38	0	0	1
% of votes cast	97%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (39)

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Peacock	—	Yea
Pope	—	Yea
Bernard	—	Yea
Hewitt	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Milligan	—	Yea
White	—	Yea
Mills, F.	—	Yea
Fields	—	Yea
Mills, R.	—	Yea
Carter	—	Not Voting
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	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 (#103)

April 25, 2023

Passed 102 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	32	0	0	0
Republican	46	0	0	3
Democrat	24	0	0	0
Total	102	0	0	3
% of votes cast	97%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (105)

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
McKnight	—	Yea
Frieman	—	Yea
Amedee	—	Yea
Gaines	—	Yea
Garofalo	—	Yea
Mincey	—	Yea
Bishop	—	Yea
Glover	—	Yea
Emerson	—	Yea
Magee	—	Yea
White	—	Yea
Willard	—	Yea
Marino	—	Yea
Goudeau	—	Yea
Nelson	—	Yea
Brown	—	Yea
Hollis	—	Yea
Hughes	—	Yea
Pierre	—	Yea
Huval	—	Yea
Cormier	—	Yea
Ivey	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Coussan	—	Yea
Jefferson	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
DuBuisson	—	Yea
Stefanski	—	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	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	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	Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Yea
Jack McFarland	Republican	Not Voting
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	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

education

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 191?: HB 191 is sponsored by Vincent J. Pierre, Pat Moore (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Samuel Jenkins, Cedric Glover, Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Ken Brass (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Patrick O. Jefferson, and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 191?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2023. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: HB 191
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: March 24, 2023
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Patrick O. Jefferson

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