SR 142 Louisiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

COMMENDATIONS: To commend and celebrate Dr. William F. Tate IV, President of Louisiana State University, for his steadfast dedication to the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the entire LSU community.

This resolution (SR 142) formally commends Dr. William F. Tate IV for his service as Louisiana State University's president. It recognizes his leadership as LSU's first African American president, his role in boosting research funding (over $540 million annually), increasing enrollment, securing major grants, and guiding the university through challenges. The resolution expresses the state's gratitude for his four years of service before he accepted a position at Rutgers University. As a ceremonial resolution, it has no legal effect or policy changes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2025

Committee Review

Senate Passage

May 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced May 27, 2025 Last action Jun 1, 2025

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SR142 Original → SR142 Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 1, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was converted from an original draft to an enrolled version, which involves significant formatting cleanup and the removal of internal legislative metadata. The core policy content, including the commendation of Dr. William F. Tate IV and the specific reasons for his recognition, remains substantively unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Removed the header identifying the document as 'SLS 25RS-2161 ORIGINAL' and replaced it with 'ENROLLED' status, indicating the bill has passed all legislative stages.

Deleted the 'DIGEST' section at the end of the document, which is a summary prepared by legislative services and is not part of the actual law.

Corrected page numbering and removed internal markup symbols (e.g., 1...1) used during the drafting process to reflect the final, clean text.

Removed the signature line for the 'PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE' which was present in the original draft but is not included in the final enrolled text.

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read by title and adopted.

upper

May 27, 2025

Introduced

Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors