Louisiana 26RS Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB234 — POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides for medical school students' grading. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (7/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Last action — Effective date 7/1/2026.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 12, 2026.

Prognosis

Advancing 52% · 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).

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.

In plain language

The bill modifies the grading system for medical school students.

This bill focuses on changing how medical school students are graded. It aims to establish new standards or criteria for grading in medical education.

Summary

POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides for medical school students' grading. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (7/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

  2. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.

  3. Reported with amendments.

  4. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  5. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  6. Called from the Calendar.

  7. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  9. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

  10. Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  12. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.

  14. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  15. Called from the calendar.

  16. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  17. Received from the House without amendments.

  18. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  19. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  20. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  21. Becomes Act No. 409 without the Governor's signature.

  22. Effective date 7/1/2026.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

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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Subjects

healthcare education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB234 do?
POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides for medical school students' grading. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (7/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Who sponsors SB234?
SB234 is sponsored by Thomas A. Pressly (Republican).
What is the current status of SB234?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2026. Enacted.
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