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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TEACHERS: Requires numeracy professional development for certain teachers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)"
+description: "TEACHERS: Requires numeracy professional development for certain teachers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 163"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 163 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-31"
+last_action: "2023-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5c38db-e886-4b11-b372-6f066a0e17de"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244521"
+source_hash: "911c986e5b75c23bd2d22fb903c85e98159141e927e456434fd45649bb51627f"
+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 SB 163 (2023) — TEACHERS: Requires numeracy professional development for certain teachers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB163 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309687)
+2. **SB163 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332360)
+3. **SB163 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319280)
+4. **SB163 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322727)
+5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1367, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319147)
+6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1370, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319162)
+7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1388, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319310)
+8. **SB163 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329958)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#939) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#321) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sharon Hewitt — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-12** Effective date 6/12/2023.
+- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 260. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2023-06-06** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
+- **2023-06-05** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
+- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
+- **2023-05-25** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2023-05-23** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2023-05-16** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-11** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
+- **2023-05-09** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
+- **2023-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-31** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `filing, referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd5c38db-e886-4b11-b372-6f066a0e17de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+