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HB 472 Louisiana House · 2023 Regular Session

TEACHERS: Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to grant five-year teaching certificates to applicants who hold out-of-state teaching certificates and who meet other criteria (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 31, 2023 Signed Jun 14, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2023 · House May 18, 2023

How they voted

31–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 32
Jun 4, 2023
D Democratic10
9 Yea 1
90% Yea
R Republican22
22 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Jun 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 2, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 2, 2023
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0-1).
lower
Apr 24, 2023
Committee
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (6-5). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Apr 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 31, 2023
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Buddy Mincey Jr.
Buddy Mincey Jr.
RRepublican
LA
71
Co
Photo of Barbara Freiberg
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
LA
70
Co
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
LA
37
Co
Photo of Barry Ivey
Barry Ivey
RRepublican
LA
65
Co
Photo of Denise Marcelle
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
LA
61
Co
Photo of Francis Thompson
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
LA
19
Co
Photo of Jason Hughes
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
LA
100
Co
Photo of Joe Stagni
Joe Stagni
RRepublican
LA
92
Co
Photo of Kenny R. Cox
Kenny R. Cox
DDemocratic
LA
23
Co
Photo of Kyle Green
Kyle Green
DDemocratic
LA
83
Co
Photo of Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
RRepublican
LA
27