CULTURE/FRENCH: Provides relative to the membership of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana
This bill amends the membership structure of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana to include representatives from three specific Native American tribes. It establishes a rotating system where one member each from the Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe, the Jean Charles Choctaw Nation, and the United Houma Nation will serve on a two-year cycle, with the first terms beginning in 2024 and continuing through 2030. Additionally, the bill changes the number of appointed members on the council from two to three, adjusting the total composition to accommodate these new tribal representatives.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Apr 2, 2024
Signed Jun 10, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2024 · House Apr 29, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 38
May 15, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
5
Committee
4
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0).
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Beau Beaullieu
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
Co
Chad Boyer
RRepublican
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Jacob Landry
RRepublican
Co
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
Co
Rhonda Butler
RRepublican
Co
Ryan Bourriaque
RRepublican
Co
Sylvia Taylor
DDemocratic
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