Files
2026-07-06 17:27:20 -04:00

90 lines
5.2 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "EARLY CHILDHOOD: Establishes a program to be administered by the La. Educational Television Authority for the purpose of encouraging reading for young children and creates a fund within the state treasury for the purpose of funding the program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
description: "EARLY CHILDHOOD: Establishes a program to be administered by the La. Educational Television Authority for the purpose of encouraging reading for young children and creates a fund within the state treasury for the purpose of funding the program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 412"
citation: "Louisiana HB 412 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Malinda White"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d284d5a-d327-475e-9dc7-c6f3c6e102ca"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244335"
source_hash: "7795249e2f6fa03a5c1839204f953f126401a245f63d209975fa42ba1182d241"
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 HB 412 (2023) — EARLY CHILDHOOD: Establishes a program to be administered by the La. Educational Television Authority for the purpose of encouraging reading for young children and creates a fund within the state treasury for the purpose of funding the program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB412 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1308614)
2. **HB412 Act 181** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332247)
3. **HB412 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318210)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2159, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317876)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2203, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318132)
6. **HB412 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329205)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#616) — **370** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#559) — **930** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Malinda White — primary (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-08** Effective date: 06/08/2023.
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 181. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-04** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2023.
- **2023-05-16** Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably (20-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2023-05-02** Reported with amendments (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-30** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Prefiled. `filing`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d284d5a-d327-475e-9dc7-c6f3c6e102ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).