---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Requires free school breakfast and lunch for certain students (EN +$859,454 GF EX See Note)"
description: "SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Requires free school breakfast and lunch for certain students (EN +$859,454 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 282"
citation: "Louisiana HB 282 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle M. Green , Jr."]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13645fc6-f111-41da-9db0-3c13fbac0e2e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244162"
source_hash: "41087783944f9df5e0a6ac53b37e2291de5bdaea086dee990a2d2cbf33ae719a"
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 282 (2023) — SCHOOLS/FOOD PROGRAMS: Requires free school breakfast and lunch for certain students (EN +$859,454 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB282 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1306758)
2. **HB282 Act 305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332458)
3. **HB282 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318130)
4. **HB282 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325648)
5. **HB282 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324768)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1665, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315121)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2202, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318062)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2329, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318817)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #3338, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324760)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #3485, Edmonds, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325314)
11. **HB282 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331460)

## Votes

- 2/3 vote (#880) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#957) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#637) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- To consider after the 57th calendar day (#1130) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-13** Effective date: See Act.
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 305. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-07** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-06-07** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2023-06-07** By a vote of 99 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2023-06-07** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2023-06-06** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-05** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-05** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-06-05** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2023-06-02** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2023-06-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/24/2023.
- **2023-05-23** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Reported with amendments (17-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2023-05-02** Reported with amendments (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13645fc6-f111-41da-9db0-3c13fbac0e2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).