---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDENTS: Authorizes students enrolled in home study programs to participate in public school activities"
description: "STUDENTS: Authorizes students enrolled in home study programs to participate in public school activities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 644"
citation: "Louisiana HB 644 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kellee Dickerson"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c618525e-2d14-4207-ae02-3d1ce61ebb8a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246450"
source_hash: "645b4e612dff1c409bfd123f174945815002fb34185ae2aa0c9ecf0e34410fed"
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 (2024) — STUDENTS: Authorizes students enrolled in home study programs to participate in public school activities

## 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=1352211)
2. **HB644 Act 715** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382737)
3. **HB644 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362002)
4. **HB644 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364160)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2118, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360072)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2299, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361921)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2697, Miller, D., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364019)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2698, Jordan, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364006)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2700, Phelps, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364020)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3265, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372791)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3291, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372891)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3561, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374492)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3740, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375380)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4120, Boudreaux, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377802)
15. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3924, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376717)
16. **HB644 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379939)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1581) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 2700 BY PHELPS, MOTION TO ADOPT (#353) — **31–67** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#354) — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1172) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kellee Dickerson — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Galle — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 715. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-21** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-20** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-16** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2024.
- **2024-04-04** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** Reported with amendments (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c618525e-2d14-4207-ae02-3d1ce61ebb8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).