MILITARY AFFAIRS/NATL GD: Provides relative to death benefits for members of the La. State Guard (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
HB 120 corrects outdated references in Louisiana law regarding death benefits for Louisiana State Guard members. It removes specific statutory citations (like R.S. 29:26.1(G)) that no longer apply, ensuring the law accurately references current provisions. The bill directly affects families of deceased Louisiana State Guard members by maintaining their eligibility for existing death benefits without changing the benefit amount or eligibility criteria. This is a technical correction to the legal text, not a policy change.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 25, 2025
Signed Jun 11, 2025
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What changed between versions
HB120 Original
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HB120 Act 242
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4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was enrolled and finalized as Act No. 242, expanding the list of sponsoring representatives and updating the statutory citations. The substantive policy content regarding death benefits and anti-discrimination protections for National Guard members remains largely unchanged, though the text was reorganized and expanded to explicitly include proprietary schools and vocational institutions in academic protection clauses.
Scope change
The bill's scope of applicability was technically broadened by adding specific educational institutions (proprietary, vocational, and trade schools) to the list of schools protected from academic penalties for military service.
TECHNICAL
Updated the list of sponsoring representatives from a single name to a list of twenty-three representatives.
Revised the statutory citations to remove references to R.S. 38.1(A) and reorganized the amendment language.
Changed the document header from 'ORIGINAL' to 'ENROLLED' and updated page counts to reflect the final version.
ELIGIBILITY
Expanded academic protections to explicitly include postsecondary proprietary schools, vocational, technical, and trade schools licensed in Louisiana.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2025 · House May 20, 2025
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
Jun 8, 2025
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Jun 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 21 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeff Wiley
RRepublican
Co
Annie Spell
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Debbie Villio
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Gabe Firment
RRepublican
Co
Joe Stagni
RRepublican
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