SB 484: COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Transfers certain duties from the Board of Regents to the management boards of public colleges and universities and Louisiana Works. (8/1/26) - Louisiana

Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2396, Abraham, Adopted → SB484 Act · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was converted from a Senate floor amendment draft into an official enrolled Act, formalizing its passage. The substantive content remains focused on higher education reform, specifically establishing incubator facilities on campuses, creating a uniform fiscal accountability framework, and defining the roles of the Louisiana Health Works Commission. The text includes numerous formatting corrections and clarifications to the statutory language regarding these new requirements.

Scope change

The bill's scope is now formally enacted as Act No. 772 for the 2026 Regular Session, moving from a proposed amendment status to final law.

TECHNICAL

The document header and metadata were updated to reflect the bill's final status as an Enrolled Act, replacing the 'Senate Floor Amendments' title.

Statutory text was cleaned up to remove redundant phrases like 'the each' and 'Each' that appeared in the draft version, improving grammatical flow and legal precision.

REQUIREMENT

The final act formally codifies the requirement for management boards to conduct surveys and establish criteria for incubator facilities on qualified postsecondary campuses.

The act establishes a uniform fiscal policy and accountability framework for public postsecondary institutions, including early warning metrics and corrective action measures.

DEFINITION

The role of the Louisiana Health Works Commission was formally enacted, including its membership structure and the creation of an executive committee.

SB484 Original → Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2396, Abraham, Adopted · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to clarify the purpose of a study regarding incubator facilities on university campuses, explicitly linking them to small business incubators and qualified campuses. The amendment also corrects a grammatical error in the text of the study requirement. These changes refine the legislative intent to ensure the study focuses on supporting small business development within higher education settings.

Scope change

The scope was refined to specifically target the establishment of small business incubators on qualified campuses, adding clarity to the original intent.

REQUIREMENT

Added specific language requiring the study to focus on establishing incubator facilities for small businesses on qualified campuses.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a grammatical error in the text of the study requirement by changing 'the each' to 'each'.

SB484 Enrolled → SB484 Original · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered and its title was updated to reflect a transfer of duties from the Board of Regents to the management boards of public colleges and universities and Louisiana Works. The scope of the Louisiana Health Works Commission was significantly narrowed by removing references to the Nursing Supply and Demand Committee and replacing broad reporting requirements with specific mandates to address healthcare workforce issues and submit annual reports to designated Senate and House committees.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from a broad transfer of powers to include the Nursing Supply and Demand Committee to a more focused mandate on healthcare workforce issues and specific reporting lines for the Health Works Commission.

SCOPE

Removed the Nursing Supply and Demand Committee from the list of committees under the Louisiana Health Works Commission.

REQUIREMENT

Replaced general reporting instructions with specific requirements to report accomplishments and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations, House Committee on Health and Welfare, and Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill number from SB 484 (Enrolled) to SLS 26RS-768 (Original) and revised the summary description to clarify the transfer of duties to management boards and Louisiana Works.

SB484 Reengrossed → SB484 Enrolled · 3 edits · May 28, 2026

MINOR

The bill was formally enrolled for signature, changing its status from a reengrossed draft to the final version. Substantively, the text was reorganized to clarify that management boards of public colleges and universities, rather than the Board of Regents, are responsible for evaluating and establishing incubator facilities on campuses. The bill also updated the composition of the Louisiana Health Works Commission to include the Secretary of Louisiana Works as a co-chair and expanded the commission's reporting requirements to include the governor and various legislative committees.

Scope change

The scope of authority for establishing incubator facilities shifted from the Board of Regents to the individual management boards of public postsecondary institutions.

SCOPE

Responsibility for surveying and establishing incubator facilities on college campuses was transferred from the Board of Regents to the management boards of each public postsecondary education system.

REQUIREMENT

The Louisiana Health Works Commission membership was updated to designate the Secretary of Louisiana Works as the co-chair, replacing the previous commissioner of higher education.

Reporting obligations for the Health Works Commission were expanded to include the governor, the speaker of the House, the president of the Senate, and multiple committee chairs, in addition to the original Senate and House health and labor committees.

SB484 Engrossed → SB484 Reengrossed · 3 edits · May 11, 2026

MINOR

The bill was reengrossed to correct a series of statutory citations and reorganize the list of legislative purposes. The primary change involves fixing the citation for the Louisiana Health Works Commission from 'R.S. 17:2048.51' to 'R.S. 2048.51' and updating the list of affected statutes to ensure legal accuracy. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were altered.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains unchanged; the revision is limited to correcting legal references and formatting.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the statutory citation for the Louisiana Health Works Commission from 'R.S. 17:2048.51' to 'R.S. 2048.51' to align with the correct chapter number.

Reordered and corrected the list of statutes in the act's purpose section to accurately reflect the sections being amended or enacted.

Updated page counts and document headers to reflect the reengrossed version of the bill.

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Transfers certain duties from the Board of Regents to the management boards of public colleges and universities and Louisiana Works. (8/1/26)

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