---
type: "Bill"
title: "TEACHERS: Provides relative to teacher certification. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
description: "TEACHERS: Provides relative to teacher certification. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "Louisiana SB 197 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrow Peacock"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55fe2f93-b853-4c4d-8bf2-95ca16d8fc97"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244621"
source_hash: "97432596a573db9d5e98d3faa03dac8d1ea3a588a5793b192eaaf8670a4e3d75"
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 197 (2023) — TEACHERS: Provides relative to teacher certification. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB197 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1310005)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #3542, Freiberg, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325713)
3. **SB197 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332591)
4. **SB197 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313623)
5. **SB197 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319894)
6. **SB197 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318824)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1293, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318697)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #648, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313306)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #671, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313462)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #889, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315918)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1466, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319753)
12. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1328, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318960)
13. **SB197 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331013)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#915) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#944) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#232) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barrow Peacock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14** Effective date 6/14/2023.
- **2023-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 392. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
- **2023-05-25** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-23** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably (10-1). To be recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re- reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-03** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
- **2023-04-24** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** 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/55fe2f93-b853-4c4d-8bf2-95ca16d8fc97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).