---
type: "Bill"
title: "POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides relative to postsecondary textbooks and instructional materials. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
description: "POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides relative to postsecondary textbooks and instructional materials. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Louisiana SB 117 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Walsworth"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90226249-956d-4b9a-b42f-cbc0b9b7f786"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236063"
source_hash: "c784763692b8bf34d4523e2b8692068bb3fe2907f907fcd3600b11aa4cec9ce1"
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 117 (2019) — POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides relative to postsecondary textbooks and instructional materials. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB117 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120404)
2. **SB117 Act 125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143722)
3. **SB117 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130602)
4. **SB117 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135793)
5. **SB117 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134185)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1474, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130498)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1863, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133584)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2099, Walsworth, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135353)
9. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1942, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134212)
10. **SB117 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141624)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#825) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#389) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Walsworth — primary (person)
- Andy Anders — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Dan W. Morrish — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Walt Leger, III — cosponsor (person)
- Wesley Bishop — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** Effective date 6/6/2019.
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 125. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-31** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/02/19.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-20** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re- reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-15** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-07** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2019-05-06** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** 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/90226249-956d-4b9a-b42f-cbc0b9b7f786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).