2023 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB485
Legislative Summary
Creates the Louisiana National Guard Patriot Scholarship Program to cover the cost of mandatory fees for members attending La. public postsecondary education institutions (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Bill History
3/31/2023
Prefiled.
House of Representatives
3/31/2023
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
House of Representatives
4/3/2023
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
House of Representatives
4/10/2023
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
House of Representatives
4/20/2023
Reported favorably (11-0).
House of Representatives
4/24/2023
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
House of Representatives
5/8/2023
Reported favorably (18-0).
House of Representatives
5/9/2023
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
5/11/2023
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2023.
House of Representatives
5/17/2023
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
5/17/2023
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Senate
5/18/2023
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
Senate
5/25/2023
Reported favorably.
Senate
5/26/2023
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Senate
5/31/2023
Reported favorably.
Senate
6/1/2023
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Senate
6/2/2023
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate
6/4/2023
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Senate
6/4/2023
Received from the Senate without amendments.
House of Representatives
6/5/2023
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
House of Representatives
6/6/2023
Signed by the President of the Senate.
Senate
6/7/2023
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
House of Representatives
6/9/2023
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 279.
House of Representatives
6/9/2023
Effective date: 08/01/2023.
House of Representatives
Roll Call Votes
Senate Vote on HB 485 FINAL PASSAGE (#685)
6/4/2023
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Vote on HB 485 FINAL PASSAGE (#477)
5/17/2023
97
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
8
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(6/9/2023)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 22
Republican: 22
Primary Sponsor
Ken Brass
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (43)
Daryl Adams
Democrat
Beryl Amedee
Republican
Lawrence Bagley
Republican
Beau Beaullieu
Republican
Delisha Boyd
Democrat
Chad Brown
Democrat
Dewith Carrier
Republican
Mack Cormier
Democrat
Kenny Cox
Democrat
Michael Echols
Republican
Julie Emerson
Republican
Adrian Fisher
Democrat
Aimee Freeman
Democrat
Barbara Freiberg
Republican
Raymond Garofalo
Republican
Brett Geymann
Republican
Lance Harris
Republican
Dodie Horton
Republican
Jason Hughes
Democrat
Patrick Jefferson
Democrat
Samuel Jenkins
Democrat
Mike Johnson
Republican
Alonzo Knox
Democrat
Vanessa Caston Lafleur
Democrat
Rodney Lyons
Democrat
Dustin Miller
Democrat
Gregory Miller
Republican
Pat Moore
Democrat
Charles Owen
Republican
Tammy Phelps
Democrat
Vincent Pierre
Democrat
Rodney Schamerhorn
Republican
Clay Schexnayder
Republican
Larry Selders
Democrat
Joseph Stagni
Republican
Francis Thompson
Republican
Matthew Willard
Democrat
Mark Abraham
Republican
Cleo Fields
Democrat
Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Democrat
Robert Mills
Republican
Beth Mizell
Republican
Kirk Talbot
Republican