VETERANS: Provides for certain veterans to work as school guardians at public schools
HB 682 amends Louisiana law to allow veterans with an honorable military discharge (as defined in R.S. 13:5364) to serve as school resource officers alongside traditional peace officers. This directly affects Louisiana public schools seeking resource officers and eligible veterans who meet the military service criteria. The bill changes the legal definition of "school resource officer" to explicitly include qualified veterans, without creating new funding or mandatory requirements. It does not alter existing hiring processes but expands the pool of eligible candidates for these school safety roles. The bill is currently in the early stages of consideration after being prefaced and referred to the Education Committee.
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 8, 2026
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Senate Floor Bureau Note, #4338, Edmonds, Adopted
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HB682 Act 823
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MODERATE
The bill was re-enrolled to reflect collaborative sponsorship by multiple representatives and senators rather than a single senator. Substantively, the bill defines 'school guardian' as an honorably discharged veteran who completes specific training and is employed by a school or law enforcement agency. It grants these guardians authority to detain individuals suspected of committing felonies and exempts charter schools from certain statutory mandates regarding school guardians.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include charter schools through a new exemption, allowing them to utilize school guardians under the same statutory framework as public schools.
DEFINITION
Added a new definition for 'school guardian' requiring honorable discharge, background checks, and specific training in safety and de-escalation.
ENFORCEMENT
Granted school guardians the authority to temporarily detain individuals suspected of committing felonies.
EXEMPTIONS
Added charter schools to the list of entities exempt from certain statutory mandates related to school guardians.
TECHNICAL
Updated the bill header to list multiple sponsors instead of a single senator.
Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2026 · House May 11, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
May 27, 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
29
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 25, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 1, 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 · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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