COMMENDATIONS: Commends Wilbert Ellis upon receiving the 2024 Louisiana Sports Ambassador Award and on being inducted into the 2024 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
This bill is a concurrent resolution that formally commends Wilbert Ellis for receiving the 2024 Louisiana Sports Ambassador Award and his induction into the 2024 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. It recognizes his decades of coaching at Grambling State University, where he built a historic baseball program, and highlights his ongoing work in youth development and community service. The resolution serves as an official statement of appreciation from the state legislature rather than creating new laws or changing policies.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Governor
Introduced May 7, 2024
Last action May 20, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 8, 2024
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
May 8, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
0
May 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, rules suspended, concurred in.
lower
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title and adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered sent to the House.
upper
May 7, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
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