---
type: "Bill"
title: "TEACHERS: Requires early literacy professional development for certain teachers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE EX See Note)"
description: "TEACHERS: Requires early literacy professional development for certain teachers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Louisiana SB 216 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Mills"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/990f5cc9-84e7-4e21-bf4a-abc112b12814"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240603"
source_hash: "7d79da3aeb27f082ce08f6ecb6e553df6aed103525fa2340e12accf958b5ecf2"
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 216 (2021) — TEACHERS: Requires early literacy professional development for certain teachers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB216 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212265)
2. **SB216 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232840)
3. **SB216 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219174)
4. **SB216 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224183)
5. **SB216 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222639)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1827, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222533)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1837, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222618)
8. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1943, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223519)
9. **SB216 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229686)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#355) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#807) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Mills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** Effective date 6/4/2021.
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 108. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-01** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2021-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2021.
- **2021-05-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-12** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-10** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 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/990f5cc9-84e7-4e21-bf4a-abc112b12814`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).