--- type: "Bill" title: "CURRICULA: Provides relative to computer science as a high school graduation requirement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)" description: "CURRICULA: Provides relative to computer science as a high school graduation requirement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 372" citation: "Louisiana HB 372 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jason Hughes"] version_count: 4 action_count: 21 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-04-03" last_action: "2025-06-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38de9bd8-a667-4102-bc88-c3f23b118d68" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248359" source_hash: "8681dbf0d499a636ba8d5dd876fc5b94f130665baf2fcb936adc00931028f7b6" 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 372 (2025) — CURRICULA: Provides relative to computer science as a high school graduation requirement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB372 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403013) 2. **HB372 Act 268** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425581) 3. **HB372 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405897) 4. **HB372 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423159) ## Votes - FINAL PASSAGE (#761) — **39–0** (pass) · upper - FINAL PASSAGE (#33) — **91–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Jason Hughes — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2025. - **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 268. `became-law, executive-signature` - **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate. - **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled` - **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt` - **2025-06-08** Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar. - **2025-05-28** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. - **2025-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3` - **2025-05-19** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. - **2025-05-14** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-04-28** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1` - **2025-04-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2025-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2025. - **2025-04-22** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2025-04-16** Reported favorably (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-03** Prefiled. `filing` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38de9bd8-a667-4102-bc88-c3f23b118d68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).