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type: "Bill"
title: "CURRICULA: Adds computer science as a high school graduation requirement and requires teacher preparation programs to include computer science education (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CURRICULA: Adds computer science as a high school graduation requirement and requires teacher preparation programs to include computer science education (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 264"
citation: "Louisiana HB 264 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Hughes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/862d8c60-046f-4d31-93b4-07e228319ef5"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245888"
source_hash: "3bb9816df389c6cda176c0fed6e04346a6012af258cde3edfc866d141683eb37"
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 264 (2024) — CURRICULA: Adds computer science as a high school graduation requirement and requires teacher preparation programs to include computer science education (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB264 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348371)
2. **HB264 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379529)
3. **HB264 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358957)
4. **HB264 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362689)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1618, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356951)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1940, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358916)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2227, Hughes, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361442)
8. **HB264 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374213)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#660) — **380** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#239) — **1021** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jason Hughes — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-05-23** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 211. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-17** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-15** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-14** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-04** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/2024.
- **2024-04-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/862d8c60-046f-4d31-93b4-07e228319ef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).