---
type: "Bill"
title: "VETERANS: Provides relative to educational benefits for beneficiaries of qualified veterans (EN +$100,000 GF EX See Note)"
description: "VETERANS: Provides relative to educational benefits for beneficiaries of qualified veterans (EN +$100,000 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 766"
citation: "Louisiana HB 766 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alonzo Knox"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-25"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/126e998c-f678-4027-8c3b-866f05c93c94"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246836"
source_hash: "f476ed30de9fba13fb58e2504e9ab9dae5372a7e501f4a2788f1277a529e02b2"
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 766 (2024) — VETERANS: Provides relative to educational benefits for beneficiaries of qualified veterans (EN +$100,000 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB766 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357354)
2. **HB766 Act 637** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382366)
3. **HB766 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367046)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3013, JUD, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365460)
5. **HB766 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380653)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1367) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#828) — **93–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alonzo Knox — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 637. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-28** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-05-15** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-05-14** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/01/2024.
- **2024-04-30** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** Reported favorably (17-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-04-18** Reported favorably (15-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/126e998c-f678-4027-8c3b-866f05c93c94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).