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+type: "Bill"
+title: "STUDENTS: Revises the definition of dyslexia for purposes of testing and providing services to students (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)"
+description: "STUDENTS: Revises the definition of dyslexia for purposes of testing and providing services to students (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 871"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 871 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Marino"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-05-15"
+last_action: "2020-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/325ac105-3145-425d-919c-a51250878650"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239016"
+source_hash: "4647260c6ed834c64c88ba67a83bc20fb8714cacdcd0abb06a777b9a5773da47"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana HB 871 (2020) — STUDENTS: Revises the definition of dyslexia for purposes of testing and providing services to students (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB871 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172511)
+2. **HB871 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181940)
+3. **HB871 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172548)
+4. **HB871 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179041)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#329) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
+- PERMISSION TO CONSIDER AFTER 82ND DAY (#737) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#713) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- 2/3 vote (#712) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joseph Marino — primary (person)
+- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
+- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
+- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
+- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
+- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 206. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2020-06-01** Received from the Senate without amendments.
+- **2020-06-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2020-06-01** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
+- **2020-06-01** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays.
+- **2020-06-01** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.
+- **2020-05-31** By a vote of 94 yeas, 1 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
+- **2020-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2020-05-28** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
+- **2020-05-18** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2020-05-15** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 391 reported by the Committee on Education (13-0).
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/325ac105-3145-425d-919c-a51250878650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+