republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/hb-251.md

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Bill	EARLY CHILDHOOD: Recreates the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission	EARLY CHILDHOOD: Recreates the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020	HB 251	Louisiana HB 251 (2020)	bill		enacted	Stephanie Hilferty	9	19	3	2020-02-26	2020-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/edc964e3-7d49-49fb-9e7c-be30ca80e7d8	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237803	6e64a06536133b424ed6b7d7c809f0b2dc2f6a5639c1376e470f5f83e6c43c49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 251 (2020) — EARLY CHILDHOOD: Recreates the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission

Version chain

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

1. HB251 Original (filed) — source
2. HB251 Act (committee substitute) — source
3. HB251 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB251 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1049, EDUC, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #1502, EDUC, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. House Floor Amendment, #1615, Hilferty, Proposed (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Floor Amendment, #1946, Mizell, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. HB251 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#649) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#362) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 251 BY HILFERTY (#72) — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stephanie Hilferty — primary (person)
• Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
• C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
• C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
• Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
• John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
• Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
• Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
• Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
• Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
• Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
• Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
• Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
• Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
• Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
• Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
• Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-11 Effective date: See Act.
• 2020-06-11 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 180. executive-signature
• 2020-06-03 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2020-06-01 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2020-06-01 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2020-05-31 Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2020-05-27 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
• 2020-05-27 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2020-05-26 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2020-05-22 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2020-05-21 Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2020-05-18 Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2020-05-15 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2020-05-13 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/20.
• 2020-05-13 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2020-05-07 Reported with amendments (12-0).
• 2020-03-09 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/edc964e3-7d49-49fb-9e7c-be30ca80e7d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).