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LouisianaHB 2012026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

SCHOOLS/HIGH SCHOOL: Provides for a State Seal of Fine Arts to recognize high school graduates who meet certain academic eligibility criteria (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Education

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

New arts seal for Louisiana graduates

The law creates a State Seal of Fine Arts for Louisiana high school graduates in participating public school systems. Students must complete four credits in the same arts discipline and earn at least a 3.00 GPA in those credits. They must also complete an arts-related capstone performance or portfolio. Participating school authorities must keep records of students who earn the seal and add it to their diplomas or transcripts. The state superintendent must supply the seal insignia and information needed to run the program. The state education board must adopt rules, including requirements for the capstone performance or portfolio.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dixon Wallace McMakin

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 141 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/12/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 3/31/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 3/25/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 137.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/14/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/14/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/13/2026House

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/12/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/5/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/4/2026Senate

  10. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

    4/29/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

    4/1/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/31/2026House

  13. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    3/31/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.

    3/30/2026House

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    3/26/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (10-0).

    3/25/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

    3/9/2026House

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

    2/20/2026House

  19. Prefiled.

    2/18/2026House

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

    2/18/2026House

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