---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS: Provides relative to reporting of students identified as having dyslexia (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS: Provides relative to reporting of students identified as having dyslexia (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 170"
citation: "Louisiana HB 170 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Marino"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f33531c1-f9de-4108-8a57-07f3cdaaf815"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239995"
source_hash: "b773f103848bd04b0dc28b06eb3f85ac0929ee1716b4e889bd093cd86867d587"
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 170 (2021) — SCHOOLS/DISTRICTS: Provides relative to reporting of students identified as having dyslexia (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB170 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1205663)
2. **HB170 Act 419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235920)
3. **HB170 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218288)
4. **HB170 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220825)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1976, Marino, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219245)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2354, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226555)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2411, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226686)
8. **HB170 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230301)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#523) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#885) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#208) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph Marino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 419. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-01** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-05-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/01/2021.
- **2021-05-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-24** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-20** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-05-06** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-04** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/04/2021.
- **2021-04-29** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably (8-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/26/2021.
- **2021-03-23** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f33531c1-f9de-4108-8a57-07f3cdaaf815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).