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2025 Regular Session

HB486

Requires public schools to offer a mental health assessment to certain students (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Legislative progress

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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.

House committee reassignment May 7, 2025 House committee reassignment May 8, 2025 House passed May 20, 2025 Senate committee reassignment June 8, 2025 Senate passed June 10, 2025 House concurrence June 11, 2025 Enrolled June 12, 2025 Became law July 1, 2025

Partner positions

Dislikes

Health Freedom Louisiana Awaiting review of version 5

The bill provides for mental health screenings at school with parental consent, but schools are not for healthcare. This should be done at the parent's discretion and with their chosen physician.

Recorded floor votes

5 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

May 20, 2025 · House

House Vote on HB 486 FINAL PASSAGE (#505)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

64 yea–32 nay · 9 absent

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June 10, 2025 · House

House Vote on HB 486 MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH DAY (#1184)

Passed

87 yea–7 nay · 11 absent

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June 10, 2025 · Senate

Senate Vote on HB 486 2/3 vote (#902)

Passed

30 yea–0 nay · 9 absent

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June 10, 2025 · Senate

Senate Vote on HB 486 FINAL PASSAGE (#920)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

31 yea–6 nay · 2 absent

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June 11, 2025 · House

House Vote on HB 486 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1216)

Passed

92 yea–5 nay · 8 absent

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Committee referrals

June 8, 2025 · Senate

Finance

May 27, 2025 · Senate

Health & Welfare

May 8, 2025 · House

Appropriations

April 4, 2025 · House

Education

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. House Effective date: 08/01/2025.
  2. House Becomes Act No. 504 without the Governor's signature.
  3. House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
  5. House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  6. House Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.
  7. House Rules suspended.
  8. House Received from the Senate with amendments.
  9. House Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
  10. Senate The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  11. Senate Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
  12. Senate Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
  13. Senate Rules suspended.
  14. Senate Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
  15. Senate Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays.
  16. House By a vote of 87 yeas, 7 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day. View roll call
  17. Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  18. Senate Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  19. Senate Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
  20. Senate Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
  21. Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
  22. Senate Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  23. House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 64, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
  24. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2025.
  25. House Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
  26. House Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
  27. House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
  28. House Reported with amendments (11-0) with recommendation to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations.
  29. House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
  30. House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
  31. House Prefiled.
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