2024 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB46
Legislative Summary
Provides that no person shall be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment or attendance at any public or nonpublic school
Bill History
1/30/2024
Prefiled.
House of Representatives
1/30/2024
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
House of Representatives
2/2/2024
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/2/2024.
House of Representatives
3/11/2024
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
House of Representatives
3/27/2024
Reported favorably (13-1).
House of Representatives
4/2/2024
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
4/2/2024
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/03/2024.
House of Representatives
4/3/2024
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
4/3/2024
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Senate
4/8/2024
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
Senate
5/16/2024
Reported favorably.
Senate
5/20/2024
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Senate
5/21/2024
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate
5/23/2024
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Senate
5/28/2024
Received from the Senate without amendments.
House of Representatives
5/28/2024
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
House of Representatives
5/28/2024
Signed by the President of the Senate.
Senate
5/31/2024
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
House of Representatives
6/19/2024
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 674.
House of Representatives
6/19/2024
Effective date: 08/01/2024.
House of Representatives
Amendments
Senate Floor Amendment #4054 Hodges Withdrawn
Senate Floor Amendment #4054 Hodges Withdrawn
Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Senate Vote on HB 46 FINAL PASSAGE (#1164)
5/23/2024
26
Yea
9
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Vote on HB 46 FINAL PASSAGE (#225)
4/3/2024
74
Yea
28
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(6/19/2024)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine Die
Sponsors
Republican: 16
Primary Sponsor

Kathy Edmonston
Republican
Co-Sponsors (15)
Beryl Amedee
Republican
Mike Bayham
Republican
Beth Billings
Republican
Rhonda Butler
Republican
Kimberly Coates
Republican
Raymond Crews
Republican
Kellee Dickerson
Republican
Michael Echols
Republican
Peter Egan
Republican
Julie Emerson
Republican
Gabe Firment
Republican
Dodie Horton
Republican
Charles Owen
Republican
Rodney Schamerhorn
Republican
Roger Wilder
Republican