LA HB 268

enacted

STUDENTS: Provides relative to career-related activities for public school students (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did LA HB 268 pass?

Yes. LA HB 268 has been enacted into law as of 2026-02-23. Latest recorded action (2026-02-23): Prefiled.

What is LA HB 268 about?

LA HB 268 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “STUDENTS: Provides relative to career-related activities for public school students (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 268?

Kim Carver is the primary sponsor of LA HB 268, joined by 28 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-02-23 — Prefiled.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-05-15
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-15
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 144.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-05-14
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receipt
2026-05-14
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-13
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolled
2026-05-13
Received from the Senate without amendments.
receipt
2026-05-12
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-05-05
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3
2026-05-04
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-29
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-31
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-30
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-03-25
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-03-23
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.
2026-03-23
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-03-18
Reported with amendments (13-0).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-23
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
referral-committee
2026-02-23
Prefiled.
filing

Versions

House Committee Amendment, #1500, EDUC, DraftCompare
House Committee Amendment, #1995, EDUC, AdoptedCompare
House Floor Amendment, #2340, Carver, AdoptedCompare
HB268 OriginalCompare
HB268 EngrossedCompare
HB268 ReengrossedCompare
HB268 EnrolledCompare
HB268 ActCompare
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Documents

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#87)
2026-03-25 · pass · 99-0
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Echols: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Adams: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Egan: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Farnum: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Bagley: yes
- Firment: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Miller: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Moore: yes
- Berault: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Murray: yes
- Billings: yes
- Galle: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Newell: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Green: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Brass: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Riser: yes
- Braud: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Horton: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Butler: yes
- Illg: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Carver: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Turner: yes
- Chassion: yes
- Knox: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Villio: yes
- Coates: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Walters: yes
- Cox: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Crews: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Wright: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Young: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Mack: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Carter, W.: other
- McFarland: other
- Spell: other
- Fisher: other
- Mena: other
- Thomas: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#805)
2026-05-12 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Foil: yes
- Morris: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Myers: yes
- Allain: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Owen: yes
- Barrow: yes
- Jackson-Andrews: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Barthelemy: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Price: yes
- Bass: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Cloud: yes
- McMath: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Womack: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miller: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Carter: other
- Harris: other
- Selders: other
- Connick: other
- Reese: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249972

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