All Roll Calls
Yes: 140 • No: 0
LouisianaHB 3722025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
CURRICULA: Provides relative to computer science as a high school graduation requirement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsored By: Jason Hughes
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Computer science becomes required for graduation
Starting in 2026–2027, every Louisiana public high school must provide computer science instruction. Students entering ninth grade in 2027–2028 or later must pass a one-credit computer science course to graduate.
New course rules for scholarship seekers
These TOPS scholarship course rules cover students graduating in the 2027–2028 through 2029–2030 school years. Opportunity, Performance, and Honors applicants must complete the law's 20-unit high school core curriculum. TOPS-Tech applicants can complete either the existing statutory core curriculum or the law's alternative core curriculum. These course requirements affect access to state scholarship help for education costs.
Career students gain credits, face requirements
Career-major students entering ninth grade in 2025–2026 or later can count qualifying computer science coursework toward math and science credits. For students entering ninth grade in 2027–2028 or later, one of nine required Jump Start courses must be computer science. This Jump Start requirement does not apply when computer science fulfills a math or science credit.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jason Hughes
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/8/2025
Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 39 • No: 0
House vote • 4/24/2025
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 91 • No: 0
House vote • 4/16/2025
Reported favorably
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 268.
6/11/2025HouseEffective date: 08/01/2025.
6/11/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/10/2025SenateSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/10/2025HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
6/9/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/9/2025HouseRules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
6/8/2025SenateRead by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/8/2025SenateRead by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
5/28/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
5/20/2025SenateRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
5/19/2025SenateRules suspended. Reported favorably.
5/14/2025SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
4/29/2025SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
4/28/2025SenateRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
4/24/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2025.
4/23/2025HouseRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
4/22/2025HouseReported favorably (10-0).
4/16/2025HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
4/14/2025HousePrefiled.
4/3/2025HouseUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
4/3/2025House
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