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Bill EDUCATION/SPECIAL: Provides that Act No. 833 of the 2014 Regular Session, which provides for alternative pathways for grade level promotion and graduation of certain special education students, shall be known and may be cited as the "April Dunn Act" EDUCATION/SPECIAL: Provides that Act No. 833 of the 2014 Regular Session, which provides for alternative pathways for grade level promotion and graduation of certain special education students, shall be known and may be cited as the "April Dunn Act" us/states/la Louisiana Legislature 2020 HB 848 Louisiana HB 848 (2020)
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Louisiana HB 848 (2020) — EDUCATION/SPECIAL: Provides that Act No. 833 of the 2014 Regular Session, which provides for alternative pathways for grade level promotion and graduation of certain special education students, shall be known and may be cited as the "April Dunn Act"

Version chain

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

  1. HB848 Original (filed) — source
  2. HB848 Act 1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB848 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB848 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE (#544) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • FINAL PASSAGE (#271) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • CO-AUTHORS (#543) — 300 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Edward Ted James — primary (person)
  • Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
  • Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
  • Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
  • Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
  • Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
  • Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
  • Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
  • Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
  • Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
  • Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
  • Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
  • Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
  • Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
  • Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
  • Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
  • Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
  • Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
  • Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
  • Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
  • Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
  • Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
  • Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
  • Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
  • John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
  • Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
  • Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
  • Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
  • Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
  • Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
  • Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
  • Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
  • Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
  • Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
  • Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
  • Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
  • Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
  • Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
  • Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
  • Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
  • Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
  • Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
  • Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
  • Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
  • Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
  • Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
  • Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
  • Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
  • Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
  • Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
  • Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
  • Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
  • Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
  • Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
  • Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
  • Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
  • Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
  • Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-06-04 Effective date: 08/01/2020.
  • 2020-06-04 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 1. executive-signature
  • 2020-06-02 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
  • 2020-05-31 Signed by the President of the Senate.
  • 2020-05-29 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  • 2020-05-29 Received from the Senate without amendments.
  • 2020-05-29 Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
  • 2020-05-28 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  • 2020-05-28 Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  • 2020-05-22 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
  • 2020-05-21 Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  • 2020-05-21 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
  • 2020-05-20 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/20.
  • 2020-05-15 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  • 2020-05-13 Reported favorably (11-0).
  • 2020-05-04 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
  • 2020-03-31 Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b99a6765-8ce0-4bd7-8988-ea69ee23deea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).