---
type: "Bill"
title: "COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Establishes the M.J. Foster Promise Program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Establishes the M.J. Foster Promise Program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Louisiana SB 148 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Page Cortez"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e0e5cbd-0905-4244-8e31-c0926593274f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240317"
source_hash: "533a2074b7cab1d8c8cd53eaac3441daf31c470d565dc145cc79fc86a799d3de"
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 148 (2021) — COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Establishes the M.J. Foster Promise Program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB148 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1210736)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3163, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230911)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2790, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223815)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2871, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224589)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3480, Wright, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228123)
6. **SB148 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236005)
7. **SB148 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216054)
8. **SB148 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221527)
9. **SB148 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219828)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1331, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218974)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1457, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219780)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #839, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215846)
13. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1602, Cortez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221016)
14. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1505, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220242)
15. **SB148 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234066)

## Votes

- MOTION TO ADOPT (#1191) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1037) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#273) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT (#652) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#720) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick Page Cortez — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-23** Effective date 6/23/2021.
- **2021-06-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 457. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-09** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-09** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-09** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-09** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2021.
- **2021-06-08** Conference committee report received.
- **2021-06-08** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2021-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-02** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-02** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cortez, Fields, and Barrow.
- **2021-06-02** House conferees appointed: Wright, Schexnayder, and Magee.
- **2021-06-02** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2021-06-01** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-05-27** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2021.
- **2021-05-18** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-13** Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-05** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-03** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2021-04-21** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** 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/3e0e5cbd-0905-4244-8e31-c0926593274f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).