republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/sb-203.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides with respect to the Grant Opportunity for Youth ChalleNGe Program. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)"
description: "POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides with respect to the Grant Opportunity for Youth ChalleNGe Program. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "Louisiana SB 203 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Walsworth"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/441905f9-59a9-43f1-948a-58853d2adbc8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236416"
source_hash: "96e62d684b03d0326a931973e1159274bfadd3ff1032951bf029b3b16d0ef997"
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 203 (2019) — POSTSECONDARY ED: Provides with respect to the Grant Opportunity for Youth ChalleNGe Program. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB203 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122302)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3709, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142138)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3739, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142462)
4. **SB203 Act 402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144795)
5. **SB203 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137355)
6. **SB203 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140768)
7. **SB203 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140480)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2200, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136049)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3052, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140359)
10. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2555, Martiny, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137970)
11. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3115, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140604)
12. **SB203 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143388)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#1018) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH DAY (#985) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1001) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#692) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 Vote (#980) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Walsworth — primary (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Gatti — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-19** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 402. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 28 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-06-05** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-05** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th legislative day.
- **2019-06-05** By a vote of 88 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-05** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-06-04** Reported with amendments (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-02** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-31** Rules suspended. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-27** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** 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/441905f9-59a9-43f1-948a-58853d2adbc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).