SR 166 Louisiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Wednesday, November 14, 2025, as "Ruby Bridges Day" in Louisiana.

This resolution designates Wednesday, November 14, 2025, as "Ruby Bridges Day" in Louisiana. It honors Ruby Bridges, who in 1960 became the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South amid significant public hostility, symbolizing courage in the civil rights movement. The resolution commemorates her lifelong advocacy for racial equality and school integration without creating new laws or affecting specific groups. It serves as a symbolic observance to inspire reflection on civil rights progress.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2025

Committee Review

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 3, 2025 Last action Jun 10, 2025

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SR166 Original → SR166 Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 10, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized from its original draft to the enrolled version, primarily involving the removal of internal legislative metadata (page numbers, original bill numbers, and a summary digest) and the addition of formal signatures and titles. The substantive text of the resolution, which designates November 14, 2025, as 'Ruby Bridges Day' to honor Ruby Bridges' civil rights legacy, remained unchanged.

Scope change

No change in scope or applicability; the bill's legal effect is identical.

TECHNICAL

Removed internal tracking headers, page numbers, and the 'DIGEST' section used for legislative reference.

Added the 'ENROLLED' title and the signature line for the President of the Senate to finalize the document.

Adjusted line breaks and spacing to conform to the official enrolled format of the Louisiana Legislature.

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Committee

Jun 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read by title and adopted.

upper

Jun 3, 2025

Introduced

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

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors