---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS: Requires first-day health insurance coverage for employees of public elementary and secondary school systems under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (Item #42) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
description: "SCHOOLS: Requires first-day health insurance coverage for employees of public elementary and secondary school systems under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (Item #42) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Louisiana SB 15 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Milligan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60d145e2-de40-493f-bf6f-2607a2bfddcd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239457"
source_hash: "d1f427d27aee465fa9486e5a7cf9d5a95312ec196eb7e9af57606f4d9a0d54be"
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 15 (2020s2) — SCHOOLS: Requires first-day health insurance coverage for employees of public elementary and secondary school systems under certain circumstances. (gov sig) (Item #42) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB15 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189208)
2. **SB15 Act 32** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194814)
3. **SB15 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190138)
4. **SB15 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193756)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#205) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#106) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barry Milligan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-28** Effective date 10/28/2020.
- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 32. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-21** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-10-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/21/20.
- **2020-10-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-20** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-10-20** Reported favorably (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-14** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-14** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-14** Called from the Calendar.
- **2020-10-13** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2020-10-12** Rules suspended. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-12** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2020-10-01** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2020-09-28** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60d145e2-de40-493f-bf6f-2607a2bfddcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).