---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDENTS: Provides relative to the sharing of certain student data (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "STUDENTS: Provides relative to the sharing of certain student data (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 711"
citation: "Louisiana HB 711 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray Garofalo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-19"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6e36dae-a520-44cc-a205-118f3472c0b5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241084"
source_hash: "990f6a88d4e31fe672101dbd2effca87bd1cf4c5792c821803fa47abe36885b2"
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 711 (2021) — STUDENTS: Provides relative to the sharing of certain student data (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB711 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225868)
2. **HB711 Act 407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235805)
3. **HB711 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226309)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3268, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231182)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3356, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231702)
6. **HB711 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233626)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#638) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#943) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1145) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ray Garofalo — primary (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 407. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-06** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-06** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/24/2021.
- **2021-05-20** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-19** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 563 reported by the Committee on Education (9-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6e36dae-a520-44cc-a205-118f3472c0b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).