republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-69.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "STUDENTS: Provides for the screening and diagnosis of students with respect to dyslexia (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "STUDENTS: Provides for the screening and diagnosis of students with respect to dyslexia (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 69"
citation: "Louisiana HB 69 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Marino"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6ed5797-0843-4350-8349-a8f87fa4acc4"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243906"
source_hash: "fcac94d7a70c371685766cb234b21224efad1cf7d2735e16402ff3da5f026f30"
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 69 (2023) — STUDENTS: Provides for the screening and diagnosis of students with respect to dyslexia (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB69 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1302162)
2. **HB69 Act 266** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332428)
3. **HB69 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314367)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1428, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313488)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1530, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314169)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1599, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321088)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1600, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321097)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1637, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321314)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2022, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324304)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2341, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326633)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2349, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326649)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2590, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328035)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2684, Henry, Cameron, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328643)
14. **HB69 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330751)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1048) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#785) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#92) — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph Marino — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — 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 Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-09** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 266. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 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** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-29** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2023-05-16** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2023-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 105, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/2023.
- **2023-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** 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`
- **2023-03-10** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/10/2023.
- **2023-03-08** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6ed5797-0843-4350-8349-a8f87fa4acc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).