---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL: Provides for access to applied behavior analysis providers in schools (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL: Provides for access to applied behavior analysis providers in schools (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 320"
citation: "Louisiana HB 320 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Simon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/424a994a-d98f-46e3-9fbb-dc2ec6f27541"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236096"
source_hash: "602e7351a118ea208657de6dab79aedf64665b8b410451444cfcf8007c7adec0"
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 320 (2019) — HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL: Provides for access to applied behavior analysis providers in schools (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB320 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120516)
2. **HB320 Act 117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143560)
3. **HB320 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129707)
4. **HB320 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134801)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2559, Simon, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133345)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2805, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139266)
7. **HB320 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141397)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#804) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#576) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#359) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Simon — primary (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-06-05** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 117. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-05-31** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/02/19.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended. 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. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-27** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/19.
- **2019-05-14** Notice given.
- **2019-05-14** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably (9-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/424a994a-d98f-46e3-9fbb-dc2ec6f27541`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).