republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-562.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS/PROPRIETARY: Provides relative to proprietary schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
description: "SCHOOLS/PROPRIETARY: Provides relative to proprietary schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 562"
citation: "Louisiana HB 562 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Emerson"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0411d07-3948-42e7-aaf9-b8fcb2972331"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236412"
source_hash: "ef5213d03adf17455d5d35ef796f9d5d684fae204cc244e9c0af57cddeac72ce"
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 562 (2019) — SCHOOLS/PROPRIETARY: Provides relative to proprietary schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB562 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122290)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3686, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142082)
3. **HB562 Act 437** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144986)
4. **HB562 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130136)
5. **HB562 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135046)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1368, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126354)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1936, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129921)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2801, Emerson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134950)
9. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1508, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130661)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2316, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136713)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2395, Morrish, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138811)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3099, Walsworth, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140564)
13. **HB562 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143437)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1015) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#366) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1026) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#764) — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#911) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Emerson — primary (person)
- Dan W. Morrish — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-22** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 437. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-06** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-06** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/06/19.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2019-06-04** Senate conference committee members appointed: Walsworth, Morrish, and White.
- **2019-06-04** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-04** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-04** House conferees appointed: Emerson, Nancy Landry, and Thomas.
- **2019-06-03** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-01** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-27** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-21** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-16** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/16/19.
- **2019-05-06** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-06** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2019-05-01** Reported with amendments (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **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/a0411d07-3948-42e7-aaf9-b8fcb2972331`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).