2025 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB486
Legislative Summary
Requires public schools to offer a mental health assessment to certain students (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Demographic Impact
Overall analysis of equity impact
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Bill History
4/4/2025
Prefiled.
House of Representatives
4/4/2025
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
House of Representatives
5/7/2025
Reported with amendments (11-0) with recommendation to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations.
House of Representatives
5/8/2025
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
House of Representatives
5/19/2025
Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
House of Representatives
5/19/2025
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
5/19/2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2025.
House of Representatives
5/20/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 64, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
5/21/2025
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Senate
5/27/2025
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Senate
Amendments
House Committee Amendment #2240 EDUC Draft
House Committee Amendment #2240 EDUC Draft
Not Adopted
House Committee Amendment #2412 EDUC Proposed
House Committee Amendment #2412 EDUC Proposed
Not Adopted
House Floor Amendment #3261 Crews Proposed
House Floor Amendment #3261 Crews Proposed
Not Adopted
House Floor Amendment #3260 Hughes Adopted
House Floor Amendment #3260 Hughes Adopted
Adopted
House Floor Amendment #3257 Crews Withdrawn
House Floor Amendment #3257 Crews Withdrawn
Not Adopted
House Floor Amendment #3235 Fisher Adopted
House Floor Amendment #3235 Fisher Adopted
Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House Vote on HB 486 FINAL PASSAGE (#505)
5/20/2025
64
Yea
32
Nay
0
Not Voting
9
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(5/21/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Health & Welfare(Senate)
Sponsors
Democrat: 27
Republican: 5
Primary Sponsor
Adrian Fisher
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (31)
Daryl Adams
Democrat
Mike Bayham
Republican
Beth Billings
Republican
Delisha Boyd
Democrat
Ken Brass
Democrat
Marcus Bryant
Democrat
Tehmi Chassion
Democrat
Aimee Freeman
Democrat
Barbara Freiberg
Republican
Kyle Green
Democrat
Jason Hughes
Democrat
Steven Jackson
Democrat
Travis Johnson
Democrat
Edmond Jordan
Democrat
Alonzo Knox
Democrat
Vanessa Caston Lafleur
Democrat
Mandie Landry
Democrat
Ed Larvadain
Democrat
Rodney Lyons
Democrat
Denise Marcelle
Democrat
Shaun Mena
Democrat
Dustin Miller
Democrat
Pat Moore
Democrat
Candace Newell
Democrat
Tammy Phelps
Democrat
Annie Spell
Republican
Joseph Stagni
Republican
Sylvia Taylor
Democrat
Joy Walters
Democrat
Matthew Willard
Democrat
Rashid Young
Democrat