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2026 Regular Session

HB445

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

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
May 29, 2026
Last status update
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 433.
Author
Barbara Reich Freiberg
Co-sponsors
Stephanie H. BeraultBarbara CarpenterPeter F. Egan Sr.Aimee Adatto FreemanJohn R. Illg Jr.Vanessa Caston LaFleurRodney LyonsC. Denise MarcelleChasity MartinezSylvia Elaine TaylorFrancis C. ThompsonJerome Zeringue

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 March 24, 2026 House committee reassignment March 25, 2026 House passed April 13, 2026 Senate passed May 12, 2026 House concurrence May 20, 2026 Enrolled May 25, 2026 Governor approved May 29, 2026 Became law May 29, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

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

April 13, 2026 · House

House Vote on HB 445 FINAL PASSAGE (#426)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

96 yea–0 nay · 9 absent

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May 12, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on HB 445 FINAL PASSAGE (#813)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

34 yea–0 nay · 5 absent

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May 20, 2026 · House

House Vote on HB 445 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1428)

Passed

92 yea–0 nay · 13 absent

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Committee referrals

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: 08/01/2026.
  2. House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 433.
  3. House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  4. House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  5. Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
  6. House Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
  7. House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.
  8. House Received from the Senate with amendments.
  9. Senate 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. View roll call
  10. Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  11. Senate Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  12. Senate Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
  13. Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
  14. Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  15. House Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
  16. House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
  17. House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  18. House Reported favorably (17-0).
  19. House Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
  20. House Reported favorably (13-0. To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
  21. House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
  22. House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
  23. House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
  24. House Prefiled.
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2125119
LegiScan session ID
2248
Source file
var/states/louisiana/source/legiscan/2248-129398a2968f/bill/HB445.json
Package observed
2026-08-07T15:15:47+00:00