TOPS: Provides that the annual amount of a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College shall match the annual award amount at other technical community colleges (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Feb 3, 2020
Signed Jun 4, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2020 · House May 20, 2020
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 37
May 29, 2020
D
Democratic11
54% Yea
R
Republican26
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Jun 4, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 6.
May 29, 2020
House · Amendment offered
Received from the Senate without amendments.
May 29, 2020
Senate · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
May 28, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 21, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
May 20, 2020
House · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
May 13, 2020
House · Reported by committee
Reported favorably (13-0).
Mar 9, 2020
House · Referred to committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
Feb 3, 2020
House · Referred to committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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