---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDENT/TUITION: Authorizes, with limitations, public postsecondary education management boards to establish and increase student tuition and mandatory fees (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "STUDENT/TUITION: Authorizes, with limitations, public postsecondary education management boards to establish and increase student tuition and mandatory fees (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 862"
citation: "Louisiana HB 862 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Hughes"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7df0f653-20f5-4b95-be24-2b506abdf82b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247055"
source_hash: "d82a81baab99a4484fcf2a2d82b4e94e26dbab21ffbfeb5c4376610afe1fbc5c"
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 862 (2024) — STUDENT/TUITION: Authorizes, with limitations, public postsecondary education management boards to establish and increase student tuition and mandatory fees (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB862 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360949)
2. **HB862 Act 790** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1383087)
3. **HB862 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366646)
4. **HB862 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369105)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3690, Hughes, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368860)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3407, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373627)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3408, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373628)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3744, Reese, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375386)
9. **HB862 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380170)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#992) — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#692) — **90–7** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1519) — **84–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Hughes — primary (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-25** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-25** Becomes Act No. 790 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **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 84, nays 10. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-13** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
- **2024-05-01** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 7. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2024.
- **2024-04-18** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Reported favorably (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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/7df0f653-20f5-4b95-be24-2b506abdf82b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).