HB 629 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

STUDENT/SCH ATTENDANCE: Provides relative to responsibilities of parents and schools with respect to truant children

This bill updates Louisiana laws regarding student attendance by clarifying the responsibilities of both parents and schools. It requires schools to offer specific support options, such as weekend make-up classes or other remediation, and mandates that principals note attendance concerns on Supplemental Security Income forms. The legislation also establishes that parents who fail to comply with attendance provisions may face criminal penalties under existing state law.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2024 · House Apr 24, 2024

How they voted

36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
May 15, 2024
D Democratic11
10 Yea 1
90% Yea
R Republican28
26 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (12-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Tammy Phelps
Tammy Phelps
DDemocratic
LA
3