SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES: Creates the "Protect Teachers Act"
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HB 86 — SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES: Creates the "Protect Teachers Act"
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 56.
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 13, 2023. Enacted.
Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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27 sponsors
1 primary, 26 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (16 R · 3 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
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Read HB 86 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 56.
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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 32 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 second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2023.
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Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported favorably (11-0-1).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/17/2023.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
Sponsors
- Francis C. Thompson · Cosponsor
- Joe Stagni · Cosponsor
- Laurie Schlegel · Cosponsor
- Charles Owen · Cosponsor
- Shane Mack · Cosponsor
- Dodie Horton · Cosponsor
- Lance Harris · Cosponsor
- Barbara Reich Freiberg · Cosponsor
- Kathy Edmonston · Cosponsor
- Rick Edmonds · Cosponsor
- Paula Davis · Cosponsor
- Mack Cormier · Cosponsor
- R. Dewith Carrier · Cosponsor
- Rhonda Gaye Butler · Cosponsor
- Larry A. Bagley · Cosponsor
- Roy Daryl Adams · Cosponsor
- Alan Seabaugh · Cosponsor
- Patrick O. Jefferson · Cosponsor
- Ray Garofalo · Cosponsor
- Larry Frieman · Cosponsor
- Julie Emerson · Cosponsor
- Michael Charles Echols · Cosponsor
- Delisha Boyd · Cosponsor
- Beryl Amedée · Cosponsor
- Valarie Hodges · Primary
- Alonzo L. Knox · Cosponsor
- Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 26 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Valarie Hodges Republican
Co-sponsors (26)
- Francis C. Thompson Republican
- Joe Stagni
- Laurie Schlegel Republican
- Charles Owen Republican
- Shane Mack Republican
- Dodie Horton Republican
- Lance Harris
- Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican
- Kathy Edmonston Republican
- Rick Edmonds Republican
- Paula Davis
- Mack Cormier
- R. Dewith Carrier Republican
- Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican
- Larry A. Bagley Republican
- Roy Daryl Adams Democrat
- Alan Seabaugh Republican
- Patrick O. Jefferson
- Ray Garofalo
- Larry Frieman
- Julie Emerson
- Michael Charles Echols Republican
- Delisha Boyd Democrat
- Beryl Amedée Republican
- Alonzo L. Knox Democrat
- III, Vincent E. Cox Republican
Not signed on (120)
120 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 120 →"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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| Unaffiliated | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 82% | 0% | 0% | 18% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Bernard | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Milligan | — | Yea |
| Fields | — | Yea |
| Mills, F. | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Not Voting |
| White | — | Not Voting |
| Mills, R. | — | 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 44 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 94 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Goudeau | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Cormier | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| McKnight | — | Not Voting |
| Hollis | — | Not Voting |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Frieman | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Mincey | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| DuBuisson | — | 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Not Voting |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 86?
- HB 86 is sponsored by Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Joe Stagni, Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Shane Mack (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Lance Harris, Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Paula Davis, Mack Cormier, R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Alan Seabaugh (Republican), Patrick O. Jefferson, Ray Garofalo, Larry Frieman, Julie Emerson, Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Valarie Hodges (Republican), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 86?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 13, 2023. Enacted.
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