---
type: "Bill"
title: "TOPS: Adds the Excellence award level for students who score 31 or higher on the ACT and allows award qualification based on the Classic Learning Test (EN +$3,012,092 SG EX See Note)"
description: "TOPS: Adds the Excellence award level for students who score 31 or higher on the ACT and allows award qualification based on the Classic Learning Test (EN +$3,012,092 SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 77"
citation: "Louisiana HB 77 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Turner"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-03-17"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6299ca6-f467-429d-a3aa-956aeea58538"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247964"
source_hash: "9b089905c21dc24d5cf89849956043a46e3e1faedb019d3b3e2b8f1653c593ce"
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 77 (2025) — TOPS: Adds the Excellence award level for students who score 31 or higher on the ACT and allows award qualification based on the Classic Learning Test (EN +$3,012,092 SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB77 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1397008)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4263, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424875)
3. **HB77 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425951)
4. **HB77 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406139)
5. **HB77 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416015)
6. **HB77 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414413)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1109, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405023)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #1301, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406111)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #2561, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413193)
10. **House Committee Amendment, #2669, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413611)
11. **House Committee Amendment, #2670, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413635)
12. **House Committee Amendment, #2689, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413713)
13. **House Committee Amendment, #2731, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414364)
14. **House Floor Amendment, #1974, Crews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409742)
15. **House Floor Amendment, #3138, Turner, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415921)
16. **House Floor Amendment, #3146, Chassion, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415938)
17. **House Floor Amendment, #3149, Marcelle, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415945)
18. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2430, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419239)
19. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2463, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419363)
20. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2803, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421449)
21. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2841, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421586)
22. **HB77 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425313)

## Votes

- RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPRO (#433) — **33–67** (fail) · lower
- ADOPT (#996) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#994) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1261) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#685) — **13–0** (fail) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 3138 BY TURNER, MOTION TO ADOPT (#432) — **73–26** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#684) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 3149 BY MARCELLE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#434) — **31–67** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#435) — **92–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher Turner — primary (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date: See Act.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 347. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-16** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-12** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-12** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-12** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2025-06-12** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-12** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2025-06-11** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2025-06-11** Senate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Jenkins, and Womack.
- **2025-06-10** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2025-06-10** House conferees appointed: Turner, Schlegel, and Bourriaque.
- **2025-06-09** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2025-06-01** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2025-05-29** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2025.
- **2025-05-14** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Reported with amendments (18-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2025-04-16** Reported with amendments (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/21/2025.
- **2025-03-17** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6299ca6-f467-429d-a3aa-956aeea58538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).