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LouisianaSB 282026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

TEACHERS: Provides relative to associate teachers. (gov sig)

Sponsored By: Patrick McMath (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Education

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Younger adults can become associate teachers

Louisiana lowers the minimum age for its associate educator program from 25 to 21. People ages 21–24 now meet the age requirement to serve as teachers through the program. Other program requirements stay unchanged. The act takes effect upon the governor’s signature, when the deadline for action without signature passes, or the day after a veto override.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Patrick McMath

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Adrian Fisher

    Democratic • House

  • Beryl Amedée

    Republican • House

  • Chasity Martinez

    Democratic • House

  • Roy Daryl Adams

    Democratic • House

  • Dodie Horton

    Republican • House

  • Emily Chenevert

    Republican • House

  • John R. Illg Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Kellee Hennessy Dickerson

    Republican • House

  • Kim Carver

    Republican • House

  • Peter F. Egan Sr.

    Republican • House

  • Reese "Skip" Broussard

    Republican • House

  • Rodney Lyons

    Democratic • House

  • Ryan Bourriaque

    Republican • House

  • Shaun Raphael Mena

    Democratic • House

  • Stephanie H. Berault

    Republican • House

  • Steven Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Tony Bacala

    Republican • House

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

  • Vincent E. Cox III

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 142 • No: 0

House vote • 5/7/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/24/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 38 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 233.

    5/15/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 5/15/2026.

    5/15/2026Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/12/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/12/2026House

  6. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/11/2026Senate

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/7/2026House

  8. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/6/2026House

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

    5/6/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/5/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026House

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

    3/26/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/25/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/24/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/23/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    3/18/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

    2/3/2026Senate

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