STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP: Creates the Louisiana National Guard Patriot Scholarship Program to cover the cost of mandatory fees for members attending La. public postsecondary education institutions (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 31, 2023
Signed Jun 9, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2023 · House May 17, 2023
How they voted
32–0
Passed
Total votes 32
Jun 4, 2023
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
9
Jun 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 26, 2023
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (18-0).
lower
Apr 24, 2023
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0).
lower
Apr 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 31, 2023
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 41 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ken Brass
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
Beau Beaullieu
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
Chad Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Clay Schexnayder
RRepublican
Co
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
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