---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Provides with respect to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program. (gov sig) (EN -$2,224,183 GF EX See Note)"
description: "EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Provides with respect to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program. (gov sig) (EN -$2,224,183 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Louisiana SB 246 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Abraham"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-19"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e7ec139-1b4f-4c7e-9cba-68e49b9b286d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249234"
source_hash: "a1435acbd9050b9b18c66b2c9660fe2afcc4d232a2aca5d5d6cdaa3a29cd2458"
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 246 (2025) — EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY: Provides with respect to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program. (gov sig) (EN -$2,224,183 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB246 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416002)
2. **SB246 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426860)
3. **SB246 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416651)
4. **SB246 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422925)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#962) — **87–5** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#336) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Abraham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Effective date 7/1/2025.
- **2025-07-01** Becomes Act No. 472 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-08** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 5. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-08** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2025.
- **2025-06-04** Notice given.
- **2025-06-04** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/04/2025.
- **2025-06-02** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-05-28** Reported favorably (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-05-19** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 105. 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/2e7ec139-1b4f-4c7e-9cba-68e49b9b286d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).