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type: "Bill"
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title: "HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides for the transfer of academic credit from public postsecondary education institutions that grant bachelor's degrees to institutions that grant associate's degrees"
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description: "HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides for the transfer of academic credit from public postsecondary education institutions that grant bachelor's degrees to institutions that grant associate's degrees"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 231"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 231 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ken Brass"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-02-28"
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last_action: "2022-05-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44141b28-4209-4e3d-9073-1a8383ff1eee"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241814"
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source_hash: "b228419eca85180e477e3f27aace992c633f77f372c35f1f084e60e7a94e4e1c"
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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 HB 231 (2022) — HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides for the transfer of academic credit from public postsecondary education institutions that grant bachelor's degrees to institutions that grant associate's degrees
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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. **HB231 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1251924)
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2. **HB231 Act 205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286767)
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3. **HB231 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267579)
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4. **HB231 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269141)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #2089, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1266406)
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6. **House Committee Amendment, #2207, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267392)
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7. **House Floor Amendment, #2385, Brass, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1268535)
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8. **HB231 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1282227)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#261) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#754) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ken Brass — primary (person)
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- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
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- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
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- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
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- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
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- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
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- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
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- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
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- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
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- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
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- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
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- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
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- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-31** Effective date: 08/01/2022.
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- **2022-05-31** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 205. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-26** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-25** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2022-05-24** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2022-05-23** Received from the Senate without amendments.
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- **2022-05-23** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2022-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2022-05-15** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2022-05-12** Reported favorably.
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- **2022-04-14** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-13** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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- **2022-04-12** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/12/2022.
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- **2022-04-07** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2022-04-06** Reported with amendments (12-0).
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- **2022-03-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-04** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/4/2022.
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- **2022-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`
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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/44141b28-4209-4e3d-9073-1a8383ff1eee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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