HB 684 — STUDENTS: Provides relative to the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 479.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 08, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 20, 2025.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
Likely to advance
82% · high confidence
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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26 sponsors
1 primary, 25 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (20 R · 5 D) — cross-party backing.
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Mixed recorded votes
3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
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Read HB 684 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 479.
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Effective date: See Act.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/2025.
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Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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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 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.
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Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 237 reported by the Committee on Education (11-0).
Sponsors
- Jeremy Stine · Cosponsor
- Larry Selders · Cosponsor
- Edward J. Price · Cosponsor
- Thomas A. Pressly · Cosponsor
- Blake Miguez · Cosponsor
- Patrick McMath · Cosponsor
- Cameron Henry · Cosponsor
- Franklin J. Foil · Cosponsor
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi · Cosponsor
- Rick Edmonds · Cosponsor
- Patrick Connick · Cosponsor
- Heather Cloud · Cosponsor
- Regina Barrow · Cosponsor
- John E. Wyble · Cosponsor
- Annie Spell · Cosponsor
- Charles Owen · Cosponsor
- Steven Jackson · Cosponsor
- Kathy Edmonston · Cosponsor
- Kimberly Landry Coates · Cosponsor
- Kim Carver · Cosponsor
- Wilford Carter Sr. · Cosponsor
- Beth Anne Billings · Cosponsor
- Stephanie H. Berault · Cosponsor
- Michael Robert Bayham Jr. · Cosponsor
- Shane Mack · Primary
- Kellee Hennessy Dickerson · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 25 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Shane Mack Republican
Co-sponsors (25)
- Jeremy Stine Republican
- Larry Selders Democrat
- Edward J. Price Democrat
- Thomas A. Pressly Republican
- Blake Miguez Republican
- Patrick McMath Republican
- Cameron Henry Republican
- Franklin J. Foil Republican
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi
- Rick Edmonds Republican
- Patrick Connick Republican
- Heather Cloud Republican
- Regina Barrow Democrat
- John E. Wyble Republican
- Annie Spell Republican
- Charles Owen Republican
- Steven Jackson Democrat
- Kathy Edmonston Republican
- Kimberly Landry Coates Republican
- Kim Carver Republican
- Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat
- Beth Anne Billings Republican
- Stephanie H. Berault Republican
- Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican
- Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Passed
91 Yea
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0 Nay
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14 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 59 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Democrat | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 91 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Not Voting |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
Passed
38 Yea
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0 Nay
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1 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | 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 |
| Larry Selders | 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 |
| Brach Jerad Myers | 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 |
Failed
13 Yea
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0 Nay
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26 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Democrat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| % of votes cast | 33% | 0% | 0% | 67% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Not Voting |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Not Voting |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Not Voting |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Not Voting |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Not Voting |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Not Voting |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Not Voting |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Not Voting |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Not Voting |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Not Voting |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Not Voting |
Passed
99 Yea
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0 Nay
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5 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 64 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 99 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (104)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Not Voting |
| Davis | — | 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 |
| 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 | Yea |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | 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 | Yea |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 684?
- HB 684 is sponsored by Jeremy Stine (Republican), Larry Selders (Democrat), Edward J. Price (Democrat), Thomas A. Pressly (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), Patrick McMath (Republican), Cameron Henry (Republican), Franklin J. Foil (Republican), Michael "Big Mike" Fesi, Rick Edmonds (Republican), Patrick Connick (Republican), Heather Cloud (Republican), Regina Barrow (Democrat), John E. Wyble (Republican), Annie Spell (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Kim Carver (Republican), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Shane Mack (Republican), and Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 684?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 08, 2025. Enacted.
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