HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Allows the provision of data relative to sickle cell disease (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
This bill requires local public school boards in Louisiana to mandate that school nurses complete at least one hour of training on sickle cell disease. The training must cover symptoms, treatments, and specific accommodations for students, using instructional materials developed by the Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission. Additionally, the law extends this mandatory sickle cell training requirement to school nurses employed by charter schools, ensuring consistent education across different types of public schools.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Apr 2, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2024 · House Apr 24, 2024
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 37
May 22, 2024
D
Democratic12
75% Yea
R
Republican25
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
4
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 90, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (14-0).
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 39 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tammy Phelps
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Carpenter
DDemocratic
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Chad Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
Co
Delisha Boyd
DDemocratic
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Dustin Miller
DDemocratic
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