Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 11 D · 6 R cosponsors

HB 117 — SCHOOLS: Requires public schools to provide free menstrual products in easily accessible locations (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Last action — Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  2. Reported favorably.

  3. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

  4. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  5. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

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

  7. Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  8. Reported favorably (19-0).

  9. Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  10. Reported favorably (10-0).

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

  12. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/17/2023.

  13. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 25 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 15 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (25)

Not signed on (121)

121 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

FINAL PASSAGE (#483)

Passed 78 Yea · 18 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 24000
Republican 271507
Unaffiliated 27302
Total 781809
% of votes cast 74%17%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Marino — Yea
Mincey — Nay
Frieman — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Brown — Not Voting
Emerson — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Gaines — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Glover — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Pierre — 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 Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Bryan Fontenot Republican Not Voting
Charles Owen Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
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 Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Not Voting
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Not Voting
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
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 Nay
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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Subjects

civil-rights education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 117?
HB 117 is sponsored by Kirk Talbot (Republican), Beth Mizell (Republican), Robert Mills, Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Cleo Fields, Matthew Willard, Larry Selders (Democrat), Vincent J. Pierre, Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Jack McFarland (Republican), Joseph Marino, Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Mandie Landry (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Samuel Jenkins, Patrick O. Jefferson, Jason Hughes, Cedric Glover, Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 117?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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.
Where can I track HB 117?
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