---
type: "Bill"
title: "TEACHERS: Provides for the associate educator program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "TEACHERS: Provides for the associate educator program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "Louisiana SB 81 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b470dbc3-6047-460b-8d90-9d79801028fc"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244205"
source_hash: "23efaa6c2ddcb71aa40d9654bc53334d3eed994da3787ba677829995cab1ed63"
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 81 (2023) — TEACHERS: Provides for the associate educator program. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB81 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1307442)
2. **SB81 Act 99** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331708)
3. **SB81 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317057)
4. **SB81 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320474)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1010, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316662)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1023, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316686)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1038, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316782)
8. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1201, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318023)
9. **SB81 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327543)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#253) — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#766) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Effective date 6/6/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 99. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-30** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2023.
- **2023-05-18** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-09** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. `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`
- **2023-03-29** 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/b470dbc3-6047-460b-8d90-9d79801028fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).