---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Provides for review of textbooks and other instructional materials. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Provides for review of textbooks and other instructional materials. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Louisiana SB 46 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Abraham"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5881b9a-223d-4c19-a6f0-dcc6b279475e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244008"
source_hash: "083405dd2010bfda088eabf9eda70374aa87a42e007dd5b0cef64da881a5e4c3"
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 46 (2023) — EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Provides for review of textbooks and other instructional materials. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB46 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1304895)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3402, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324806)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3445, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325008)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3969, Tarver, Phillip, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329029)
5. **SB46 Act 238** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332314)
6. **SB46 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319287)
7. **SB46 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322245)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1350, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319062)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1382, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319274)
10. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1387, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319309)
11. **SB46 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331027)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#993) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#301) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#890) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Abraham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-09** Effective date 6/9/2023.
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 238. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-05** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-06-05** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-06-01** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
- **2023-05-25** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-23** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-15** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Senate floor amendments read and adopted; read by title and returned to its regular order on third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-10** Rules suspended.
- **2023-05-09** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** 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/b5881b9a-223d-4c19-a6f0-dcc6b279475e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).