---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Creates a Dyslexia Fund for the purpose of funding the testing of students for dyslexia. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Creates a Dyslexia Fund for the purpose of funding the testing of students for dyslexia. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 440"
citation: "Louisiana SB 440 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Pressly"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f812ddd4-fd2e-4cad-801c-a95f750d8d68"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247028"
source_hash: "97f51654fdf849a4d565aebe3e702325015d500b59e70b7d1722c9c034dda4eb"
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 440 (2024) — FUNDS/FUNDING: Creates a Dyslexia Fund for the purpose of funding the testing of students for dyslexia. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB440 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360776)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4617, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374313)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4855, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376591)
4. **SB440 Act 525** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382230)
5. **SB440 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369777)
6. **SB440 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379041)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#494) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1361) — **85–4** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#1224) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas Pressly — primary (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date 6/10/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 525. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-23** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 4. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-20** Reported with amendments (19-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-07** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-29** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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/f812ddd4-fd2e-4cad-801c-a95f750d8d68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).