republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/sb-22.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Creates scholarships for spouses of police officers killed or disabled in performance of duty and police officers injured in performance of duty. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Creates scholarships for spouses of police officers killed or disabled in performance of duty and police officers injured in performance of duty. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Louisiana SB 22 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William \"Bill\" Wheat , Jr."]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bfd79e8-9340-4491-9921-9b4885a9458f"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245774"
source_hash: "4ad6b519e479d761a805fb298f959a854ed3042ea9963e99d11ea88a679e4092"
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 SB 22 (2024) — COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Creates scholarships for spouses of police officers killed or disabled in performance of duty and police officers injured in performance of duty. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB22 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346771)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4110, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371385)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4319, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372715)
4. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3302, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372944)
5. **SB22 Act 280** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380727)
6. **SB22 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362230)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1551, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361877)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1593, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362139)
9. **SB22 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377899)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#277) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#1082) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1211) — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 5/28/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 280. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-21** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 3. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-13** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-15** Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bfd79e8-9340-4491-9921-9b4885a9458f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).