--- type: "Bill" title: "SCHOOLS: Constitutional amendment to grant the St. George community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted to parishes to operate a school system. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN +$2,457,390 GF EX See Note)" description: "SCHOOLS: Constitutional amendment to grant the St. George community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted to parishes to operate a school system. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN +$2,457,390 GF EX See Note)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 25" citation: "Louisiana SB 25 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"] version_count: 8 action_count: 33 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-03-28" last_action: "2025-06-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5a94de6-b368-43c6-9716-5c26ef731e45" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248043" source_hash: "0c9d498f045a922b928fd927928584535f16c9d72c674dd8b851cc1136ca9245" 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 SB 25 (2025) — SCHOOLS: Constitutional amendment to grant the St. George community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted to parishes to operate a school system. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN +$2,457,390 GF EX See Note) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB25 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1399532) 2. **House Committee Amendment, #3750, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419542) 3. **House Committee Amendment, #3867, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420250) 4. **SB25 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425333) 5. **SB25 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407856) 6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #722, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407073) 7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #828, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407794) 8. **SB25 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424742) ## Votes - FINAL PASSAGE (#1046) — **70–24** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#198) — **26–5** (pass) · upper - CONCUR (#934) — **28–9** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Rick Edmonds — primary (person) - Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-06-13** Effective date: See Act. - **2025-06-13** Becomes Act No. 218 `became-law` - **2025-06-12** Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/13/2025. - **2025-06-12** Signed by the Speaker of the House. - **2025-06-12** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled` - **2025-06-11** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays. - **2025-06-11** Called from the Calendar. - **2025-06-11** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. - **2025-06-10** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt` - **2025-06-09** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 24. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2025-06-09** Called from the calendar. - **2025-06-09** Read by title, returned to the calendar. - **2025-06-09** Called from the calendar. - **2025-06-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2025. - **2025-06-08** Notice given. - **2025-06-08** Read by title, returned to the calendar. - **2025-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2025. - **2025-06-04** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2025-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. - **2025-06-02** Reported with amendments (11-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-28** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. - **2025-05-27** Reported favorably (15-2). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-21** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. - **2025-05-20** Reported favorably (8-2). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-13** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee` - **2025-05-12** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. - **2025-05-08** Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 5 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2025-05-07** Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3` - **2025-05-06** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-28** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance. - **2025-04-23** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-28** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `filing, referral-committee` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5a94de6-b368-43c6-9716-5c26ef731e45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).