SB 72 is sponsored by Rashid Armand Young (Democrat), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Joe Stagni, Laurie Schlegel (Republican), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), and Thomas A. Pressly (Republican).

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Louisiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 R · 5 D cosponsors

SB 72 — STUDENTS: Exempts students with dyslexia from certain literacy examinations and provides for alternative progress monitoring tests. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Last action June 10, 2024 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 499.

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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 10, 2024.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
11 sponsors

1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

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

Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

June 10, 2024
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 499.
June 10, 2024
Effective date 6/10/2024.
May 31, 2024
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
May 30, 2024
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
May 29, 2024
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 28, 2024
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
May 22, 2024
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
May 22, 2024
Received from the House with amendments.
May 20, 2024
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
May 20, 2024
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
May 15, 2024
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
May 14, 2024
Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
April 29, 2024
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
April 25, 2024
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
April 24, 2024
Called from the Calendar.
April 24, 2024
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
April 08, 2024
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
April 02, 2024
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
March 27, 2024
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
March 11, 2024
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.
February 28, 2024
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Thomas A. Pressly Republican

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (136)

136 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

CONCUR (#1199)

May 28, 2024

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	0
Republican	25	0	0	1
Democrat	7	0	0	2
Total	36	0	0	3
% of votes cast	92%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (39)

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Fields	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Yea
Coussan	—	Yea
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Yea
Gary Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Not Voting
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	Not Voting
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

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#1289)

May 22, 2024

Passed 93 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	62	0	0	4
Democrat	23	0	0	4
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	4
Total	93	0	0	12
% of votes cast	89%	0%	0%	11%

How each member voted (105)

Member	Party	Vote
Brown	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Mr. Speaker	—	Not Voting
Galle	—	Not Voting
Willard	—	Not Voting
Hughes	—	Not Voting
Amedee	—	Yea
Emerson	—	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
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Yea
Joy Walters	Democrat	Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green	Democrat	Yea
Ken Brass	Democrat	Yea
Larry Selders	Democrat	Not Voting
Mandie Landry	Democrat	Not Voting
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	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	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	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	Not Voting
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	Yea
Lauren Ventrella	Republican	Yea
Laurie Schlegel	Republican	Yea
Les Farnum	Republican	Yea
Mark Wright	Republican	Not Voting
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	Not Voting
Polly Thomas	Republican	Yea
R. Dewith Carrier	Republican	Yea
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	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

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#412)

April 24, 2024

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	0
Republican	25	0	0	1
Democrat	7	0	0	2
Total	36	0	0	3
% of votes cast	92%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (39)

Member	Party	Vote
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	Not Voting
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	Yea
Jeremy Stine	Republican	Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris	Republican	Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat	Republican	Yea
Kirk Talbot	Republican	Yea
Mark Abraham	Republican	Not Voting
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

Official roll call →

Subjects

civil-rights education

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 72?: SB 72 is sponsored by Rashid Armand Young (Democrat), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Joe Stagni, Laurie Schlegel (Republican), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), and Thomas A. Pressly (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 72?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2024. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 72
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 28, 2024
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Thomas A. Pressly

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