---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIAL EDUCATION: Provides for the creation of local special education advisory councils. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
description: "SPECIAL EDUCATION: Provides for the creation of local special education advisory councils. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 158"
citation: "Louisiana SB 158 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Donahue"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfbee54b-35d6-4ba3-8a25-4aca65576624"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236149"
source_hash: "bb79bb929aab707d5d3cb9100ee2315c970d201097c32e61e4787aecc8f6d1ba"
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 158 (2019) — SPECIAL EDUCATION: Provides for the creation of local special education advisory councils. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB158 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120968)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3376, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138762)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3377, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138765)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3406, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139118)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3572, Falconer, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141159)
6. **SB158 Act 274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144035)
7. **SB158 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133075)
8. **SB158 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134691)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1562, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131162)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1994, Donahue, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134555)
11. **SB158 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142522)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#929) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#363) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#827) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack Donahue — primary (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Abramson — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date 6/11/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 274. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, 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, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-15** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-13** 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/cfbee54b-35d6-4ba3-8a25-4aca65576624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).