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LouisianaHB 502026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Education

Sponsored By: Laurie Schlegel (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Education

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Bill Overview

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

Louisiana education department renewed until 2031

Beginning June 30, 2026, the law re-creates Louisiana’s Department of Education and the entities placed within it by law. Their existing legal authority continues. They begin winding down operations on July 1, 2030, and their legal authority ends on July 1, 2031. The department can be renewed before that deadline through the state’s existing agency renewal process. The law adds no funding and specifies no changes to education services or eligibility.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Laurie Schlegel

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 148 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/6/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

House vote • 3/24/2026

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 • 3/18/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/7/2026.

    5/11/2026Senate

  2. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/11/2026House

  3. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 47.

    5/11/2026House

  4. Effective date: 06/30/2026.

    5/11/2026House

  5. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/8/2026House

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/7/2026House

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

    5/7/2026House

  8. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/6/2026Senate

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

    4/28/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

  11. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

    4/22/2026Senate

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

    3/25/2026Senate

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

    3/24/2026House

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

    3/24/2026Senate

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

    3/23/2026House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.

    3/23/2026House

  17. Reported favorably (13-0).

    3/18/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  19. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.

    1/30/2026House

  20. Prefiled.

    1/27/2026House

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

    1/27/2026House

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