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State Government / Louisiana / Legislation / HB 445

HB 445Session 2026HouseBecame law

EDUCATION: Provides relative to the Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Advisory Council (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

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Latest development · May 29, 2026

Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 433.

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Session
2026
Introduced
Feb 26, 2026
Latest passage
May 12, 2026
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EducationTechnology & Communications

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Bill

Sponsors

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Primary sponsorBarbara Reich Freiberg
cosponsorAimee Adatto Freeman
cosponsorBarbara Carpenter
cosponsorC. Denise Marcelle
cosponsorChasity Martinez
cosponsorFrancis C. Thompson
cosponsorJerome Zeringue
cosponsorJohn "Big John" Illg , Jr.
cosponsorPeter Egan
cosponsorRodney Lyons
cosponsorStephanie Berault
cosponsorSylvia Taylor
cosponsorVanessa Caston LaFleur

Action timeline

Newest action first. Action language is supplied by the state source.

View full action timeline24 actions⌄
  1. May 29, 2026

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 433.

    Became LawExecutive SignatureHouse
  2. May 29, 2026

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    House
  3. May 25, 2026

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    EnrolledHouse
  4. May 22, 2026

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    Executive ReceiptHouse
  5. May 21, 2026

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

    Senate
  6. May 20, 2026

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    House
  7. May 19, 2026

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.

    House
  8. May 13, 2026

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

    ReceiptHouse
  9. May 12, 2026

    Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    PassageSenate
  10. May 5, 2026

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    Reading 3Senate
  11. May 4, 2026

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    Senate
  12. Apr 29, 2026

    Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.

    Committee Passage FavorableSenate
  13. Apr 14, 2026

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

    Reading 2Referral CommitteeSenate
  14. Apr 13, 2026

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    PassageHouse
  15. Apr 13, 2026

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    Reading 1Senate
  16. Apr 9, 2026

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

    House
  17. Apr 8, 2026

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    Reading 3House
  18. Apr 7, 2026

    Reported favorably (17-0).

    Committee Passage FavorableHouse
  19. Mar 25, 2026

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

    House
  20. Mar 24, 2026

    Reported favorably (13-0. To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

    Committee Passage FavorableHouse
  21. Mar 9, 2026

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

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  22. Feb 27, 2026

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    House
  23. Feb 26, 2026

    Prefiled.

    FilingHouse
  24. Feb 26, 2026

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

    Referral CommitteeHouse

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Source data last updated Sep 3, 2026.