republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-169.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS: Provides for safety protocols for elementary school students when being dropped off at and picked up from school"
description: "SCHOOLS: Provides for safety protocols for elementary school students when being dropped off at and picked up from school"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 169"
citation: "Louisiana HB 169 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert \"Bob\" Owen"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a70bb9e4-4a89-4a13-b961-0e0abb7ff291"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244027"
source_hash: "3888899282f9076187e21b8be28b596eae46910475d47b9b6e6255d0d4c729cc"
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 169 (2023) — SCHOOLS: Provides for safety protocols for elementary school students when being dropped off at and picked up from school

## Version chain

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

1. **HB169 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1304915)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4238, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331592)
3. **HB169 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332520)
4. **HB169 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320741)
5. **HB169 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323841)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #3208, Owen, Robert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323780)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2360, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326658)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2379, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326718)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2719, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328848)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2789, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329228)
11. **HB169 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331946)

## Votes

- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1212) — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#523) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1055) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#788) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1027) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert "Bob" Owen — primary (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 362. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/9/2023.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 91, nays 1. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2023-06-08** Rules suspended.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee report received.
- **2023-06-07** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2023-06-07** House conferees appointed: Robert Owen, Harris, and St. Blanc.
- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2023-06-06** Senate conference committee members appointed: Fields, Peacock, and Mizell.
- **2023-06-06** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-06-02** Senate floor amendments read and adopted; read by title and returned to its regular order on third reading and final passage.
- **2023-06-02** Rules suspended.
- **2023-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2023.
- **2023-05-11** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/24/2023.
- **2023-03-23** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a70bb9e4-4a89-4a13-b961-0e0abb7ff291`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).