EDUCATION: Provides with respect to early childhood literacy (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2020
Last action May 28, 2020
Floor votes · House May 22, 2020
How they voted
71–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 79
May 22, 2020
D
Democratic26
80% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican52
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
8
May 28, 2020
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 25, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
May 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (23-0).
lower
May 13, 2020
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
May 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Royce Duplessis
DDemocratic
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
Chad Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Brass
DDemocratic
Co
Larry Selders
DDemocratic
Co
Mandie Landry
DDemocratic
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