HB 334 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

SCHOOLS: Authorizes school boards to provide for chaplains to serve in public schools as employees or on a volunteer basis (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

This bill allows public school boards to hire chaplains as paid employees or accept their services as volunteers within school settings. The legislation directly impacts school districts by giving them the authority to bring religious leaders onto campus to serve the community. It does not mandate the presence of chaplains but rather establishes the legal framework for schools to choose whether to utilize this support. The measure focuses on administrative permission rather than changing curriculum or student activities.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024 Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2024 · House Apr 10, 2024

How they voted

295
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 38
May 23, 2024
D Democratic12
5 Yea 5 Nay 2
41% Nay
R Republican26
24 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 77, nays 18, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 5 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 20, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors