---
type: "Bill"
title: "TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS: Creates Affordable Digital Textbook and Learning Materials Pilot Programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS: Creates Affordable Digital Textbook and Learning Materials Pilot Programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 644"
citation: "Louisiana HB 644 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vanessa Caston LaFleur"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-24"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c22c6fba-7868-4558-979f-33f92e649f58"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244858"
source_hash: "62cdb31447f7fe9c2f42cd63f4ddc65dfa27594d64aa97ce56c6c6e93b335510"
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 644 (2023) — TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS: Creates Affordable Digital Textbook and Learning Materials Pilot Programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB644 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314238)
2. **HB644 Act 128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332009)
3. **HB644 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314301)
4. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2048, Fields, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324546)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2192, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325688)
6. **HB644 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327523)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#742) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#438) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#178) — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Geymann — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 128. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 102, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-05-25** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2023.
- **2023-05-25** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Senate floor amendments read and adopted; read by title and returned to its regular order on third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended.
- **2023-05-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/01/2023.
- **2023-04-25** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 381 reported by the Committee on Education (10-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c22c6fba-7868-4558-979f-33f92e649f58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).