Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana HB 342

EDUCATION/SPECIAL: Provides that a local education agency shall have the burden of proof in any special education due process hearing relative to the appropriateness of a student's current or proposed program or placement (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Alonzo Knox (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• House Floor Amendment, #3773, Knox, Adopted
• Senate Committee Amendment, #2311, EDUC, Draft
• Senate Committee Amendment, #4282, EDUC, Adopted
• HB342 Original
• HB342 Engrossed
• HB342 Reengrossed
• HB342 Enrolled
• HB342 Act 943

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

Actions

• Feb 24, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Feb 24, 2026 · House
  Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
• Mar 9, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
• Apr 8, 2026 · House
  Reported favorably (11-0).
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• Apr 13, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
• Apr 14, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
• Apr 15, 2026 · Senate
  Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• Apr 20, 2026 · Senate
  Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
• May 21, 2026 · Senate
  Reported with amendments.
• May 25, 2026 · Senate
  Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• May 26, 2026 · Senate
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• May 27, 2026 · Senate
  The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• May 28, 2026 · House
  Received from the Senate with amendments.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• Jun 1, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the President of the Senate.
• Jun 1, 2026 · House
  Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
• Jun 23, 2026 · House
  Becomes Act No. 943 without the Governor's signature.
• Jun 23, 2026 · House
  Effective date: 08/01/2026.