POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides for public postsecondary education transfer pathways. (gov sig)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Governor
Introduced Mar 3, 2022
Last action Jun 2, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 29, 2022 · House May 26, 2022
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 34
Mar 29, 2022
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican22
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
3
May 31, 2022
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 12, 2022
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 11, 2022
Committee
Reported favorably (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 5, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 23, 2022
Introduced
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.
upper
1 primary · 23 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Price
DDemocratic
Co
Franklin Foil
RRepublican
Co
FM
Fred Mills Jr.
RRepublican
Co
Gary Carter
DDemocratic
Co
GS
Gary Smith Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald Boudreaux
DDemocratic
Co
Glen Womack
RRepublican
Co
GT
Gregory Tarver
DDemocratic
Co
Heather Cloud
RRepublican
Co
JR
J. Rogers Pope
RRepublican
Ask Maddy
·
AI policy assistant
Ask Maddy about SB 261
Scope: LA
Hi! I can help you understand SB 261. What would you like to know?
Try one of these
i
Maddy answers using official bill text and legislative records. Always verify before sharing.
Sources cited inline