SCHOOLS: Requires the display of the Ten Commandments in schools
This bill requires public schools in Louisiana to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom by January 1, 2025. The legislation allows schools to use donated funds or donated physical displays to cover the cost, ensuring no money from public school budgets is spent on the items. Additionally, schools must include a historical statement explaining the long tradition of using the Ten Commandments in American education. While the primary focus is on the Ten Commandments, the bill also permits the display of other historical documents like the Mayflower Compact and the Declaration of Independence.
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 8, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House Apr 10, 2024
How they voted
28–8
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic12
66% Nay
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 79, nays 16, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 6, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 19. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-3).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 47 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Adam Bass
RRepublican
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
Bill Wheat
RRepublican
Co
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
Co
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
Co
Cameron Henry
RRepublican
Co
Chad Boyer
RRepublican
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