republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-766.md

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Bill	VETERANS: Provides relative to educational benefits for beneficiaries of qualified veterans (EN +$100,000 GF EX See Note)	VETERANS: Provides relative to educational benefits for beneficiaries of qualified veterans (EN +$100,000 GF EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 766	Louisiana HB 766 (2024)	bill		enacted	Alonzo Knox	5	25	2	2024-03-25	2024-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/126e998c-f678-4027-8c3b-866f05c93c94	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246836	f476ed30de9fba13fb58e2504e9ab9dae5372a7e501f4a2788f1277a529e02b2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 766 (2024) — VETERANS: Provides relative to educational benefits for beneficiaries of qualified veterans (EN +$100,000 GF EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB766 Original (filed) — source
2. HB766 Act 637 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB766 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. House Committee Amendment, #3013, JUD, Draft (committee substitute) — source
5. HB766 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#1367) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#828) — 93–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alonzo Knox — primary (person)
• Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
• Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
• John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
• R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
• Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
• Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
• Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
• Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
• Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
• Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-11 Effective date: 08/01/2024.
• 2024-06-11 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 637. became-law, executive-signature
• 2024-06-04 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2024-06-02 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2024-05-31 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2024-05-30 Received from the Senate without amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-30 Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-05-30 Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
• 2024-05-29 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• 2024-05-29 Rules suspended.
• 2024-05-28 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2024-05-28 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2024-05-28 Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
• 2024-05-15 Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
• 2024-05-14 Reported favorably. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-06 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-04-30 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/01/2024.
• 2024-04-30 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-04-29 Reported favorably (17-0). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-22 Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
• 2024-04-18 Reported favorably (15-0). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2024-03-25 Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/126e998c-f678-4027-8c3b-866f05c93c94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).