republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/hb-85.md

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Bill	STUDENTS: Creates a literacy program for certain public school students (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)	STUDENTS: Creates a literacy program for certain public school students (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2021	HB 85	Louisiana HB 85 (2021)	bill		enacted	Scott McKnight	14	25	4	2021-03-09	2021-06-21	openstates	ocd-bill/e479f9c7-92a2-475b-9e81-02be8a7882e4	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239880	100542aabb36466370220483a8c5d4ac4cf09715a9e54c1c7ee2bc5d25d21c05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 85 (2021) — STUDENTS: Creates a literacy program for certain public school students (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB85 Original (filed) — source
2. HB85 Act 415 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB85 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB85 Re-Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HB85 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #1219, EDUC, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. House Committee Amendment, #1566, EDUC, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. House Committee Amendment, #2525, APP, Draft (committee substitute) — source
9. House Committee Amendment, #2591, APP, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. House Floor Amendment, #2943, McKnight, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1907, Horton, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
12. Senate Committee Amendment, #3050, EDUC, Draft (committee substitute) — source
13. Senate Committee Amendment, #3113, EDUC, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
14. HB85 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1090) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• CO-AUTHORS (#806) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#472) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#805) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Scott McKnight — primary (person)
• Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
• Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
• C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
• Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
• Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
• Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
• Foy Gadberry — 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)
• Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
• Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
• Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
• J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
• Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
• Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
• John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Carter Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
• Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
• Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
• Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
• Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
• Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
• Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
• Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
• Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
• Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
• Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
• Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
• Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
• Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-21 Effective date: 08/01/2021.
• 2021-06-21 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 415. executive-signature
• 2021-06-10 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2021-06-09 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2021-06-08 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2021-06-08 Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2021-06-07 Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
• 2021-06-07 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2021-06-06 Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2021-06-03 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2021-06-02 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2021-06-02 Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
• 2021-06-02 Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
• 2021-05-19 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2021-05-18 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• 2021-05-17 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2021-05-13 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2021.
• 2021-05-11 Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2021-05-10 Reported with amendments (19-0).
• 2021-04-26 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
• 2021-04-22 Reported with amendments (11-0).
• 2021-04-12 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2021-03-12 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/12/2021.
• 2021-03-09 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e479f9c7-92a2-475b-9e81-02be8a7882e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).