---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS: Provides with respect to the Caddo Educational Excellence Fund. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)"
description: "SCHOOLS: Provides with respect to the Caddo Educational Excellence Fund. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "Louisiana SB 238 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Milligan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-19"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2268bedf-3dcf-4409-82ff-ac05130c75ca"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240775"
source_hash: "3358e308b707cbb3e551fd1425fedc7e89488c7323202f56fefaef0c2a436715"
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 238 (2021) — SCHOOLS: Provides with respect to the Caddo Educational Excellence Fund. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB238 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215112)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3354, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227247)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3595, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228986)
4. **SB238 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235558)
5. **SB238 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221944)
6. **SB238 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233527)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#358) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#997) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1046) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Milligan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date 6/14/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 295. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/07/2021.
- **2021-06-02** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-27** Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-13** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-12** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2268bedf-3dcf-4409-82ff-ac05130c75ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).