SB 142 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Requires postsecondary education management boards to continue to comply with the conditions on all Board of Regents Support Fund matches. (gov sig)

SB 142 requires public university management boards in Louisiana to maintain compliance with the original conditions attached to Board of Regents Support Fund matches. Specifically, it ensures that nonstate contributions matched with public funds (through endowment programs) must continue to follow their initial terms, including preserving the original matching funds' purpose and not altering the combined corpus of state and nonstate contributions. This directly affects all public postsecondary institutions receiving these matched funds, as they must uphold the same rules governing how those funds are used, invested, and protected. The bill does not create new programs but reinforces existing requirements for handling these specific state-matched endowments.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 25, 2026 Signed May 15, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB142 Original → SB142 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the official title of the legislation from 'Original' to 'Enrolled Act' and significantly expands the legal requirements for postsecondary education management boards. While the original draft only required boards to comply with existing Board of Regents Support Fund conditions, the final act adds specific mandates to ensure continued compliance with endowment programs where non-state contributions were matched with public funds. The new text explicitly protects the public character of these funds, even if the Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund is later eliminated by a constitutional amendment.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on postsecondary education management boards, but the applicability of the compliance requirements is now explicitly tied to the specific conditions of matching endowment programs and the public nature of the funds, regardless of future constitutional changes regarding the Trust Fund.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new subsection (b) requiring boards to ensure continued compliance with Board of Regents Support Fund endowment programs where non-state contributions were matched with public funds.

DEFINITION

Added language clarifying that funds from the Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund retain their public character even if the fund is eliminated by a constitutional amendment.

TECHNICAL

Changed the document header from 'ORIGINAL' to 'ENROLLED ACT No. 247' and updated the page count and coding instructions to reflect the final enrolled version.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2026 · House May 11, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

Apr 7, 2026

D Democratic12

10 Yea 2

83% Yea

R Republican28

27 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 5, 2026

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

Apr 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Mar 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors