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SCHOOLS/CHOICE: Creates and provides for the LA GATOR Scholarship Program, a universal school choice progra...
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HB 745 — SCHOOLS/CHOICE: Creates and provides for the LA GATOR Scholarship Program, a universal school choice program (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last action — Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2024 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Read HB 745 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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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 72, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2024.
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Reported favorably (13-9).
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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Reported with amendments (12-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
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Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
Sponsors
- Mark Wright · Cosponsor
- Laurie Schlegel · Cosponsor
- Michael Melerine · Cosponsor
- Dixon Wallace McMakin · Cosponsor
- Mike Johnson · Cosponsor
- Chance Keith Henry · Cosponsor
- Barbara Reich Freiberg · Cosponsor
- Peter F. Egan Sr. · Cosponsor
- Kathy Edmonston · Cosponsor
- Michael Charles Echols · Cosponsor
- Jessica Domangue · Cosponsor
- Jason Brian DeWitt · Cosponsor
- Phillip DeVillier · Cosponsor
- Raymond J. Crews · Cosponsor
- Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
- Emily Chenevert · Cosponsor
- Josh Carlson · Cosponsor
- Rhonda Gaye Butler · Cosponsor
- Julie Emerson · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 18 co-sponsors · 128 not signed on · 73 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Julie Emerson
Co-sponsors (18)
- Mark Wright Republican Voted No
- Laurie Schlegel Republican Voted No
- Michael Melerine Republican Voted No
- Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Voted No
- Mike Johnson Republican Voted No
- Chance Keith Henry Republican Voted No
- Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Voted No
- Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Voted No
- Kathy Edmonston Republican Voted No
- Michael Charles Echols Republican Voted No
- Jessica Domangue Republican Voted No
- Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Voted No
- Phillip DeVillier Republican
- Raymond J. Crews Republican Voted No
- III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Voted No
- Emily Chenevert Republican Voted No
- Josh Carlson Republican Voted No
- Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Voted No
Not signed on (128)
128 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Failed
35 Yea
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64 Nay
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6 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 5 | 57 | 0 | 4 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 35 | 64 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 33% | 61% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Nay |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Nay |
| Emerson | — | Nay |
| Galle | — | Nay |
| Romero | — | Nay |
| Davis | — | Nay |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Nay |
| 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 |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | 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 |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Nay |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Nay |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Nay |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Nay |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Nay |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Nay |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Nay |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Nay |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Not Voting |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Nay |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Nay |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Nay |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Nay |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Nay |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Nay |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Nay |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Nay |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Nay |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Nay |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Nay |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Nay |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Not Voting |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Nay |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Nay |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Nay |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Nay |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Nay |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Nay |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Nay |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Nay |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Nay |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Nay |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Nay |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Nay |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Nay |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Nay |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Nay |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Nay |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Nay |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Nay |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Nay |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Nay |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Nay |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Not Voting |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Nay |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Nay |
Failed
18 Yea
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79 Nay
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8 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 17 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 64 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 18 | 79 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 17% | 75% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Nay |
| Davis | — | Nay |
| Amedee | — | Nay |
| Emerson | — | Nay |
| Romero | — | Nay |
| Galle | — | Nay |
| Brown | — | Nay |
| Stagni | — | Nay |
| Hughes | — | Nay |
| Johnson, T. | — | Nay |
| St. Blanc | — | Nay |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Yea |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Nay |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Nay |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Nay |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Nay |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Nay |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Nay |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Nay |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Nay |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Nay |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Nay |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Nay |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Nay |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Nay |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Nay |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Nay |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Nay |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Nay |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Nay |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Nay |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Nay |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Nay |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Nay |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Nay |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Nay |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Nay |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Nay |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Nay |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Nay |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Nay |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Nay |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Nay |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Nay |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Nay |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Nay |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Nay |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Nay |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Nay |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Nay |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Nay |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Nay |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Nay |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Nay |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Nay |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Nay |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Nay |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Nay |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Nay |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Nay |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Nay |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Not Voting |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Nay |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Nay |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Nay |
Passed
72 Yea
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32 Nay
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1 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 59 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 72 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 69% | 30% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Nay |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Nay |
| Willard | — | Nay |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Nay |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Nay |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Nay |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Nay |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Nay |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Nay |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Nay |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Nay |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Yea |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Nay |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Nay |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Nay |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Nay |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Nay |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Nay |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Nay |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Nay |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Nay |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Nay |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Nay |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Nay |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Yea |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Nay |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Yea |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Nay |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Nay |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Nay |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Nay |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
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- Who sponsors HB 745?
- HB 745 is sponsored by Mark Wright (Republican), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Michael Melerine (Republican), Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican), Mike Johnson (Republican), Chance Keith Henry (Republican), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Jessica Domangue (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), Phillip DeVillier (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Josh Carlson (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), and Julie Emerson.
- What is the current status of HB 745?
- This bill died with 2024 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.
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