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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "SCHOOLS: Creates the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program to provide educational savings accounts for parental choice in K-12 education. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
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description: "SCHOOLS: Creates the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program to provide educational savings accounts for parental choice in K-12 education. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 313"
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citation: "Louisiana SB 313 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"]
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version_count: 26
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-03-01"
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last_action: "2024-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61ee2da2-852c-41a9-a235-a5397c7d2036"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246594"
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source_hash: "b363d4ac672223e5b69b8f914d8ae447a08459b74ca5dfaf1ff191953de83105"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana SB 313 (2024) — SCHOOLS: Creates the Louisiana Giving All True Opportunity to Rise (LA GATOR) Scholarship Program to provide educational savings accounts for parental choice in K-12 education. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB313 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352704)
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2. **House Committee Amendment, #4805, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376001)
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3. **House Committee Amendment, #4972, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377127)
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4. **House Floor Amendment, #5005, Emerson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377241)
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5. **House Floor Amendment, #5203, Bagley, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378889)
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6. **SB313 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382521)
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7. **SB313 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356368)
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8. **SB313 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375843)
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9. **SB313 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371504)
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10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1050, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356272)
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11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1661, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363199)
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12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1716, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363217)
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13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1718, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363391)
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14. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2655, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369688)
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15. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2886, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371376)
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16. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2981, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371448)
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17. **Senate Committee Amendment, #865, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355344)
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18. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3314, Talbot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373025)
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19. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3317, Jackson-Andrews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373045)
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20. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3749, Talbot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375409)
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21. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3777, Cathey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375615)
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22. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3787, Jackson-Andrews, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375660)
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23. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3793, Jackson-Andrews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375750)
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24. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1098, Miller, G., Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357000)
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25. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3088, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372044)
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26. **SB313 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380590)
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## Votes
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- CONCUR (#1355) — **23–14** (pass) · upper
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- AMENDMENT # 3787 BY JACKSON-ANDREWS, SB 313 BY EDMONDS (#959) — **16–23** (fail) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#960) — **24–15** (pass) · upper
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- AMENDMENT # 5203 BY BAGLEY, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1424) — **38–59** (fail) · lower
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- AMENDMENT # 3749 BY TALBOT, DIVISION OF THE AMENDMENT (#957) — **15–24** (fail) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#1425) — **68–28** (pass) · lower
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- AMENDMENT # 3317 BY JACKSON-ANDREWS, SB 313 BY EDMONDS (#615) — **20–18** (pass) · upper
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- AMENDMENT # 3749 BY TALBOT, SB 313 BY EDMONDS (#958) — **25–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rick Edmonds — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-06-19** Effective date: See Act.
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- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 1. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2024-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
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- **2024-05-30** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 23 yeas and 14 nays.
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- **2024-05-30** Called from the Calendar.
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- **2024-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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- **2024-05-28** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
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- **2024-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 28. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2024-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2024.
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- **2024-05-23** Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-23** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
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- **2024-05-22** Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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- **2024-05-21** Reported with amendments (8-4). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-20** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-16** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 24 yeas and 15 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
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- **2024-05-08** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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- **2024-05-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
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- **2024-05-08** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
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- **2024-05-08** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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- **2024-05-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
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- **2024-05-07** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2024-05-06** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-25** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
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- **2024-03-20** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `filing, referral-committee`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61ee2da2-852c-41a9-a235-a5397c7d2036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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