---
type: "Bill"
title: "CURRICULA: Authorizes public high schools to offer a course of instruction in the history and literature of the Bible (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
description: "CURRICULA: Authorizes public high schools to offer a course of instruction in the history and literature of the Bible (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 68"
citation: "Louisiana HB 68 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valarie Hodges"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cc3892b-8850-4ffa-80e7-47dc8dc28d1f"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243903"
source_hash: "0fcc71cd45c845a821a94255bd07ef2f11d486b6c30bf88a53fbc10531f0814a"
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 68 (2023) — CURRICULA: Authorizes public high schools to offer a course of instruction in the history and literature of the Bible (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB68 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1301906)
2. **HB68 Act 215** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332276)
3. **HB68 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315501)
4. **HB68 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329645)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#744) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#182) — **87–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valarie Hodges — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-08** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 215. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-18** 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. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/02/2023.
- **2023-04-26** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably (7-4). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/10/2023.
- **2023-03-06** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cc3892b-8850-4ffa-80e7-47dc8dc28d1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).