Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana HB 448

STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP: Authorizes scholarships provided for firefighters and police officers injured in the line of duty and spouses of firefighters and police officers injured or killed in the line of duty to be used for any postgraduate degree (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

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

Sponsors

• Daryl Adams (Democratic)

Cosponsors (8)

• Tehmi Chassion (Democratic)
• Sylvia Taylor (Democratic)
• Vincent J. St. Blanc , III (Republican)
• Chasity Martinez (Democratic)
• Jeremy LaCombe (Republican)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican)
• Kim Carver (Republican)
• Barbara Carpenter (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• House Committee Amendment, #2682, EDUC, Draft
• House Committee Amendment, #2907, EDUC, Adopted
• House Floor Amendment, #3171, Adams, Adopted
• House Floor Amendment, #3237, Adams, Adopted
• HB448 Original
• HB448 Engrossed
• HB448 Reengrossed
• HB448 Enrolled
• HB448 Act 646

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

Actions

• Feb 26, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Feb 26, 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.
• Mar 31, 2026 · House
  Reported with amendments (11-0).
• Apr 1, 2026 · House
  Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• Apr 7, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.
• Apr 8, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
• Apr 13, 2026 · Senate
  Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• Apr 14, 2026 · Senate
  Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
• May 18, 2026 · Senate
  Reported favorably.
• May 19, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• May 20, 2026 · Senate
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• May 25, 2026 · Senate
  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.
• May 26, 2026 · House
  Received from the Senate without amendments.
• May 26, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• May 26, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the President of the Senate.
• May 27, 2026 · House
  Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
• Jun 1, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 646.
• Jun 1, 2026 · House
  Effective date: 08/01/2026.