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LouisianaHB 4772025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

TAX CREDITS: Authorizes university laboratory schools to participate in the student tuition organization tax credit program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Sponsored By: Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Revenue and Fiscal AffairsWays and Means

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

More scholarship school options for Louisiana families

Beginning January 1, 2026, Louisiana expands its tax-credit-funded scholarship program to include public college and university laboratory schools. These must be Louisiana elementary or secondary schools. The change covers donations supporting scholarships for the 2026–2027 school year and later. Tax-exempt school tuition organizations must use at least 95% of scholarship donations for scholarships, rather than administrative or promotional costs. They cannot limit scholarships to one qualified school. Participating schools must check employees’ criminal backgrounds and exclude anyone barred by state law from working there. The Department of Education must bar schools that fail these checks from the program. Nonpublic schools remain subject to state education board approval and the Brumfield v. Dodd court criteria.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Barbara Reich Freiberg

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 244 • No: 1

House vote • 6/4/2025

Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 96 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/2/2025

The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 1

House vote • 5/8/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 5/5/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 282.

    6/11/2025House

  2. Effective date: 01/01/2026.

    6/11/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/9/2025House

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

    6/8/2025House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/8/2025Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    6/4/2025House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/2025.

    6/3/2025House

  8. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    6/2/2025Senate

  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    6/2/2025House

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

    5/29/2025Senate

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/28/2025Senate

  12. Reported with amendments.

    5/27/2025Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

    5/12/2025Senate

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/8/2025House

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

    5/8/2025Senate

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

    5/6/2025House

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2025.

    5/6/2025House

  18. Reported favorably (13-0).

    5/5/2025House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

    4/14/2025House

  20. Prefiled.

    4/4/2025House

  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

    4/4/2025House

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