SB 22 — COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Creates scholarships for spouses of police officers killed or disabled in performance of duty and police officers injured in performance of duty. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Last action — Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2024. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 28, 2024.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
Odds of enactment
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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23 sponsors
1 primary, 22 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (11 R · 11 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.
Bill Text
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Read SB 22 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024.
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 280.
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Effective date 5/28/2024.
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Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 3. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Received from the House with amendments.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2024.
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Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
Sponsors
- St. Blanc · Cosponsor
- John E. Wyble · Cosponsor
- Francis C. Thompson · Cosponsor
- Sylvia Elaine Taylor · Cosponsor
- Larry Selders · Cosponsor
- Candace N. Newell · Cosponsor
- Dustin Miller · Cosponsor
- Michael Melerine · Cosponsor
- Alonzo L. Knox · Cosponsor
- Timothy P. Kerner · Cosponsor
- Mike Johnson · Cosponsor
- Kyle M. Green Jr. · Cosponsor
- Bryan Fontenot · Cosponsor
- Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion · Cosponsor
- Wilford Carter Sr. · Cosponsor
- Robby Carter · Cosponsor
- R. Dewith Carrier · Cosponsor
- Marcus Anthony Bryant · Cosponsor
- Jacob Braud · Cosponsor
- Beth Anne Billings · Cosponsor
- Roy Daryl Adams · Cosponsor
- William "Bill" Wheat Jr. · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 22 co-sponsors · 124 not signed on · 2 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican
Co-sponsors (22)
- St. Blanc
- John E. Wyble Republican
- Francis C. Thompson Republican
- Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat
- Larry Selders Democrat
- Candace N. Newell Democrat
- Dustin Miller Democrat
- Michael Melerine Republican
- Alonzo L. Knox Democrat
- Timothy P. Kerner Republican
- Mike Johnson Republican
- Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat
- Bryan Fontenot Republican
- III, Vincent E. Cox Republican
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat
- Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat
- Robby Carter Democrat
- R. Dewith Carrier Republican
- Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat
- Jacob Braud Republican
- Beth Anne Billings Republican
- Roy Daryl Adams Democrat
Not signed on (124)
124 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 124 →"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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| Republican | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Fields | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Not Voting |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | 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 |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 59 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 94 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 3% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Galle | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Nay |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Not Voting |
| Emerson | — | 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 | 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 | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Not Voting |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | 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 |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Nay |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Fields | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | 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 |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | 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 |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 22?
- SB 22 is sponsored by St. Blanc, John E. Wyble (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Larry Selders (Democrat), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Dustin Miller (Democrat), Michael Melerine (Republican), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), Mike Johnson (Republican), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Bryan Fontenot (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Robby Carter (Democrat), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Jacob Braud (Republican), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), and Jr., William "Bill" Wheat (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 22?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2024. Enacted.
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