STUDENTS: Provides relative to information sharing for the purposes of Louisiana's Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST)
HB 632 requires Louisiana public schools, including charter schools, to share student personal information (such as Social Security numbers, full names, and dates of birth) with the state Department of Education. The state must then create unique identifiers from this data, remove all personal details, and share only nonpersonal information with the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center and other designated state entities for research under the LA FIRST system. The bill mandates that schools provide current student data plus five years of historical records, updated annually. This data-sharing mechanism is designed to support research and analysis while explicitly prohibiting the use of personally identifiable information in studies.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 27, 2026
Signed Jun 2, 2026
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HB632 Original
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5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to expand the scope of data sharing by adding the Board of Regents to the list of entities receiving student data, while simultaneously introducing a new requirement for parents to opt out of this sharing process. The text was also reorganized to clarify that data cannot be sold to third parties and to specify that personal information must be separated from nonpersonal data during storage.
Scope change
The scope of data access was expanded to include the Board of Regents, and a new opt-out mechanism was added for parents.
REQUIREMENT
Added a requirement for the state Department of Education to develop a process allowing parents to opt out of student data sharing.
Revised data sharing protocols to explicitly state that data housed in the LA FIRST system cannot be sold to third parties.
Updated the description of data handling to require that personal and nonpersonal information be transferred and stored separately.
DEFINITION
Added a new subsection (E) granting the Board of Regents access to all data listed in the data-sharing agreement.
TIMELINE
Added a new Section 2 establishing November 30, 2026, as the effective date for the Act.
Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2026 · House May 5, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
May 26, 2026
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican28
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 19, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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