---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDENTS: Provides relative to the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "STUDENTS: Provides relative to the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 684"
citation: "Louisiana HB 684 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shane Mack"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-05-08"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3623b6e-dacf-4ea4-9a66-49c5bf58961a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249115"
source_hash: "ed8d313514e9ce68b60e0d36ad4fdf49f3d201bcadc679c2f269f8b6dda94c19"
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 684 (2025) — STUDENTS: Provides relative to the use of seclusion and physical restraint to address the behavior of students with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB684 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412524)
2. **HB684 Act 479** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1427665)
3. **HB684 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412593)
4. **HB684 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415010)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2500, Mack, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412806)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2529, Mack, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412959)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2431, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419243)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2446, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419318)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2459, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419349)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2623, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420387)
11. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2630, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420469)
12. **HB684 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422173)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#894) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#612) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#396) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#613) — **13–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shane Mack — primary (person)
- Annie Spell — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date: See Act.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 479. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-04** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/2025.
- **2025-06-03** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-02** 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`
- **2025-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-01** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-29** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.
- **2025-05-12** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 237 reported by the Committee on Education (11-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3623b6e-dacf-4ea4-9a66-49c5bf58961a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).