---
type: "Bill"
title: "POSTSECONDARY ED: Transfers the University of New Orleans to the Louisiana State University System. (2/3 - CA8s5(D)(3)(b)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "POSTSECONDARY ED: Transfers the University of New Orleans to the Louisiana State University System. (2/3 - CA8s5(D)(3)(b)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Louisiana SB 202 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jimmy Harris"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd4b2485-de18-4d4a-ab92-cdcddd3ad591"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248711"
source_hash: "57591520b6be783ada07d7dc4a1f138f9a554db9a7e537c4251b08487917d007"
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 202 (2025) — POSTSECONDARY ED: Transfers the University of New Orleans to the Louisiana State University System. (2/3 - CA8s5(D)(3)(b)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB202 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404635)
2. **SB202 Act 447** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426055)
3. **SB202 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412951)
4. **SB202 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418284)
5. **SB202 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416144)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1402, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412499)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1439, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412779)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1890, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415763)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1928, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416090)
10. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2075, Harris, Jimmy, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416977)
11. **SB202 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423295)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#370) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#970) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jimmy Harris — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date 6/20/2025.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 447. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-06-10** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-09** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-04** Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Reported favorably (12-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-05-27** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Called from the Calendar.
- **2025-05-21** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended.
- **2025-05-20** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-05-19** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2025-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** 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/fd4b2485-de18-4d4a-ab92-cdcddd3ad591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).