HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EN -$1,100,000 SD EX See Note)

Looking ahead

No hearings or votes scheduled.

History

1. 2026
   1. Jun 1Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 642.Became Law
   2. Jun 1Effective date: 07/01/2026.
   3. May 29Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. May 28Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
   5. May 28Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   6. May 28Signed by the President of the Senate.
   7. May 27Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1439). Result: pass.Upper
   8. May 26Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   9. May 25Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   10. May 21Reported favorably.Minor
   11. Apr 14Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
   12. Apr 13Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   13. Apr 8Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#364). Result: pass.Lower
   14. Apr 7Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.
   15. Apr 1Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   16. Mar 31Reported with amendments (12-2).Minor
   17. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
   18. Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
   19. Feb 25Prefiled.Minor
   20. Feb 25Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.Introduced