SB 202 — POSTSECONDARY ED: Transfers the University of New Orleans to the Louisiana State University System. (2/3 - CA8s5(D)(3)(b)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 447.
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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 April 04, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 20, 2025.
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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25 sponsors
1 primary, 24 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (13 D · 11 R) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
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Read SB 202 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 447.
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Effective date 6/20/2025.
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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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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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Received from the House without amendments.
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Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2025.
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Reported favorably (12-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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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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Called from the Calendar.
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Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Rules suspended.
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Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
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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
- John E. Wyble · Cosponsor
- Debbie Villio · Cosponsor
- Sylvia Elaine Taylor · Cosponsor
- Joe Stagni · Cosponsor
- Candace N. Newell · Cosponsor
- Shaun Raphael Mena · Cosponsor
- Shane Mack · Cosponsor
- Rodney Lyons · Cosponsor
- Alonzo L. Knox · Cosponsor
- Steven Jackson · Cosponsor
- John R. Illg Jr. · Cosponsor
- Adrian Fisher · Cosponsor
- Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
- Kimberly Landry Coates · Cosponsor
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion · Cosponsor
- Kim Carver · Cosponsor
- Barbara Carpenter · Cosponsor
- Delisha Boyd · Cosponsor
- Beth Anne Billings · Cosponsor
- Stephanie H. Berault · Cosponsor
- Michael Robert Bayham Jr. · Cosponsor
- Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews · Cosponsor
- Rick Edmonds · Cosponsor
- Gary Carter · Cosponsor
- Jimmy Harris · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 24 co-sponsors · 122 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Jimmy Harris Democrat
Co-sponsors (24)
- John E. Wyble Republican
- Debbie Villio Republican
- Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat
- Joe Stagni
- Candace N. Newell Democrat
- Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat
- Shane Mack Republican
- Rodney Lyons Democrat
- Alonzo L. Knox Democrat
- Steven Jackson Democrat
- Jr., John R. Illg Republican
- Adrian Fisher Democrat
- III, Vincent E. Cox Republican
- Kimberly Landry Coates Republican
- Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat
- Kim Carver Republican
- Barbara Carpenter Democrat
- Delisha Boyd Democrat
- Beth Anne Billings Republican
- Stephanie H. Berault Republican
- Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican
- Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat
- Rick Edmonds Republican
- Gary Carter Democrat
Not signed on (122)
122 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 122 →"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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| Unaffiliated | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 62 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Democrat | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 96 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Not Voting |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Yea |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Not Voting |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
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 | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 202?
- SB 202 is sponsored by John E. Wyble (Republican), Debbie Villio (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Joe Stagni, Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Shaun Raphael Mena (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Kim Carver (Republican), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Gary Carter (Democrat), and Jimmy Harris (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB 202?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 04, 2025. Enacted.
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