HB 974 is sponsored by Josh Carlson (Republican).

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Louisiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 974 — LIBRARIES: Provides relative to qualifications for library directors

Last action June 11, 2024 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 647.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 25, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 11, 2024.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

June 11, 2024
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 647.
June 11, 2024
Effective date: 08/01/2024.
June 03, 2024
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
May 31, 2024
Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 30, 2024
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
May 29, 2024
Read by title, roll called, yeas 67, nays 28, Senate amendments concurred in.
May 28, 2024
Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
May 28, 2024
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
May 28, 2024
Received from the Senate with amendments.
May 28, 2024
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
May 23, 2024
Rules suspended.
May 23, 2024
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
May 14, 2024
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
May 13, 2024
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 08, 2024
Reported favorably.
May 01, 2024
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
April 30, 2024
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 65, nays 38. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
April 30, 2024
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
April 29, 2024
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
April 29, 2024
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2024.
April 25, 2024
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 168 reported by the Committee on Education (10-0).

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 46 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Josh Carlson Republican

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 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

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1591)

May 29, 2024

Passed 67 Yea · 28 Nay · 10 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	56	5	0	5
Democrat	6	19	0	2
Unaffiliated	5	4	0	3
Total	67	28	0	10
% of votes cast	64%	27%	0%	10%

How each member voted (105)

Member	Party	Vote
Amedee	—	Yea
Emerson	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Galle	—	Yea
Willard	—	Nay
Mr. Speaker	—	Not Voting
Davis	—	Not Voting
Hughes	—	Nay
Brown	—	Nay
Stagni	—	Nay
Johnson, T.	—	Not Voting
St. Blanc	—	Yea
Adrian Fisher	Democrat	Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman	Democrat	Nay
Alonzo L. Knox	Democrat	Nay
Barbara Carpenter	Democrat	Yea
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Not Voting
Candace N. Newell	Democrat	Nay
Delisha Boyd	Democrat	Nay
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Nay
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Nay
Joy Walters	Democrat	Nay
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	Not Voting
Rashid Armand Young	Democrat	Nay
Robby Carter	Democrat	Yea
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Nay
Roy Daryl Adams	Democrat	Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena	Democrat	Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter	Democrat	Nay
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Nay
Sylvia Elaine Taylor	Democrat	Nay
Tammy T. Phelps	Democrat	Nay
Tehmi Jahi Chassion	Democrat	Nay
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg	Republican	Nay
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	Not Voting
III, Roger William Wilder	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Nay
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	Nay
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	Not Voting
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	Not Voting
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	Nay
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	Not Voting
Sr., Peter F. Egan	Republican	Yea
Stephanie H. Berault	Republican	Yea
Stephanie Hilferty	Republican	Nay
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Yea
Tony Bacala	Republican	Yea
Troy Jude Hebert	Republican	Yea
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	3	1	0	0
Republican	24	0	0	2
Democrat	0	8	0	1
Total	27	9	0	3
% of votes cast	69%	23%	0%	8%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Yea
Coussan	—	Yea
Fields	—	Nay
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Nay
Gary Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Nay
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Nay
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Nay
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews	Democrat	Nay
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Nay
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Nay
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Nay
Adam Bass	Republican	Yea
Alan Seabaugh	Republican	Yea
Beth Mizell	Republican	Yea
Blake Miguez	Republican	Yea
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Not Voting
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

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	57	9	0	0
Unaffiliated	6	5	0	1
Democrat	2	24	0	1
Total	65	38	0	2
% of votes cast	62%	36%	0%	2%

Member	Party	Vote
Galle	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Brown	—	Nay
Hughes	—	Nay
Amedee	—	Yea
Emerson	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Nay
Willard	—	Nay
Mr. Speaker	—	Not Voting
Johnson, T.	—	Nay
St. Blanc	—	Yea
Adrian Fisher	Democrat	Nay
Aimee Adatto Freeman	Democrat	Not Voting
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	Nay
Mandie Landry	Democrat	Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant	Democrat	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
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	Nay
III, Roger William Wilder	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Yea
Jack McFarland	Republican	Yea
Jacob Braud	Republican	Nay
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	Nay
John E. Wyble	Republican	Nay
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	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	Nay
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	Nay
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Yea
Tony Bacala	Republican	Yea
Troy Jude Hebert	Republican	Yea
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Yea

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education

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Who sponsors HB 974?: HB 974 is sponsored by Josh Carlson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 974?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 25, 2024. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: HB 974
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: April 25, 2024
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Josh Carlson

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