SCHOOLS: Requests the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to study the advisability and feasibility of requiring metal detection devices in public schools
This legislative resolution asks the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to investigate whether metal detection devices should be required in public schools. The bill directs the board to evaluate the practicality and benefits of implementing these security measures and to submit a report with its findings to the House Education Committee before the start of the 2025 legislative session. While the resolution emphasizes the importance of school safety, it does not mandate the devices themselves but rather initiates a study to explore the option.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 24, 2024
Last action May 14, 2024
Floor votes · House May 9, 2024
How they voted
74–10
Passed · 21 other
Total votes 105
May 9, 2024
D
Democratic32
75% Yea
R
Republican73
68% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 74, nays 10. The resolution was adopted.
lower
Apr 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Apr 25, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
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