HB 273 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

STATE SYMBOL: Establishes the official state children's Christmas book

HB 273 establishes the official state children's Christmas book, designating a specific title as a state symbol. The bill’s amendments (Amendment No. 1 and 2) corrected minor drafting errors, such as removing unnecessary "the" before "Cajun" in the text. This is a symbolic procedural bill with no substantive policy changes or direct impact on residents or state programs. It focuses solely on naming a children’s Christmas book for official recognition.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Apr 2, 2025 Signed Jun 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB273 Original → HB273 Act · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill formally designates 'Cajun Night Before Christmas' by J.B. Kling, Jr. as the official state children's Christmas book. It updates the legislative text to reflect the specific holiday designation and includes the necessary signatures from the Governor and legislative leaders to enact the change into law.

Scope change

The bill's scope is limited to establishing a new state symbol; it does not alter funding, eligibility, or enforcement mechanisms.

DEFINITION

Establishes 'Cajun Night Before Christmas' as the official state children's Christmas book, specifying the author and illustrator.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header to reflect its status as an enrolled act with signatures from the Governor, Speaker of the House, and President of the Senate.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House May 8, 2025

How they voted

37–0

Passed

Total votes 37

Jun 2, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican26

26 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 29, 2025

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

May 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (14-0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

lower

1 primary · 35 co-sponsors