---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS: Provides relative to required high-dosage tutoring for certain students. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "SCHOOLS: Provides relative to required high-dosage tutoring for certain students. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 508"
citation: "Louisiana SB 508 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-07"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acda7ec8-56ff-4ac8-a528-4385c3efc172"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247524"
source_hash: "789d2f5aeadaa756c51df1dfd00e52fb33c5bea24af7c9b9d1253ca76390adf3"
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 508 (2024) — SCHOOLS: Provides relative to required high-dosage tutoring for certain students. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB508 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372074)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4816, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376039)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4976, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377047)
4. **SB508 Act 771** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382661)
5. **SB508 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373042)
6. **SB508 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381000)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#785) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1680) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#1390) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 771. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-06-02** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-28** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-05-21** Reported with amendments (12-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-05-13** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-05-08** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-05-07** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 288. 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/acda7ec8-56ff-4ac8-a528-4385c3efc172`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).