republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-395.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides relative to a special fund for the purpose of funding early childhood education (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides relative to a special fund for the purpose of funding early childhood education (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 395"
citation: "Louisiana HB 395 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Carter"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c22d784a-27fd-4a64-9c08-c988e1d61377"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236211"
source_hash: "6051a297abd209b06a9ba0dff0f28c6c05fac79e8fcbaefd1770c6010a5b7677"
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 395 (2019) — FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides relative to a special fund for the purpose of funding early childhood education (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. **HB395 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121451)
2. **HB395 Act 223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144085)
3. **HB395 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126938)
4. **HB395 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130561)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1656, Carter, S., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128086)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2100, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135354)
7. **HB395 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142180)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#900) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#137) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#721) — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Carter — primary (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Norton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Sue Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Walt Leger, III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 223. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-01** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-21** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-07** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-02** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/02/19.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably (9-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c22d784a-27fd-4a64-9c08-c988e1d61377`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).