---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS: Provides relative to the creation of an international language immersion school. (8/1/21)"
description: "SCHOOLS: Provides relative to the creation of an international language immersion school. (8/1/21)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Louisiana SB 246 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory Tarver"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-11"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e992b96c-9ae2-4e27-92dd-c7306c1b059d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241015"
source_hash: "66907395d9944bd8771e03f5c9e94a2041ca20ff9a2a077ffebc15b80056f45b"
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 246 (2021) — SCHOOLS: Provides relative to the creation of an international language immersion school. (8/1/21)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB246 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223185)
2. **SB246 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232844)
3. **SB246 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224052)
4. **SB246 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229696)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#367) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#808) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gregory Tarver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 110. `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 94, 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 (10-0). 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.
- **2021-05-13** Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-11** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 117. 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/e992b96c-9ae2-4e27-92dd-c7306c1b059d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).