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type: "Bill"
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title: "TOPS: Lowers the ACT score required for initial qualification for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award for students who complete approved home study programs (EN +$172,184 SG EX See Note)"
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description: "TOPS: Lowers the ACT score required for initial qualification for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award for students who complete approved home study programs (EN +$172,184 SG EX See Note)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 378"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 378 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Roger Wilder III"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-04-03"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca5cfb68-4f35-4317-8333-ae8964be22a5"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248365"
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source_hash: "e62cae0dfb3214d9bf8973f93b3e1dbe720f0bc8f59f69cbb5cda4ffde55cbe6"
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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 378 (2025) — TOPS: Lowers the ACT score required for initial qualification for a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students award for students who complete approved home study programs (EN +$172,184 SG EX See Note)
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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. **HB378 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403020)
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2. **HB378 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425966)
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3. **HB378 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407512)
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4. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3147, Edmonds, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423299)
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5. **HB378 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424271)
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## Votes
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- CO-AUTHORS (#783) — **17–0** (fail) · upper
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- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1121) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#782) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#650) — **89–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Roger Wilder III — primary (person)
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- Annie Spell — cosponsor (person)
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- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
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- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
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- Brett Geymann — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
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- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
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- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
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- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
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- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
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- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
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- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
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- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
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- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay Galle — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
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- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
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- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
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- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
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- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
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- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
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- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
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- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
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- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
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- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-20** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 359. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-11** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2025-06-11** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-10** Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- **2025-06-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025.
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- **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
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- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2025-06-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-08** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
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- **2025-06-04** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and recommitted to the Committee on Finance. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-28** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Called from the calendar.
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- **2025-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2025.
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- **2025-05-21** Notice given.
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- **2025-05-21** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
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- **2025-05-20** Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably (16-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-24** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably (8-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03** 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/ca5cfb68-4f35-4317-8333-ae8964be22a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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