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LouisianaSB 3042026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for accreditation for public colleges and universities. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Rick Edmonds (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Education

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

New accreditation safeguards for Louisiana public colleges

Louisiana’s Board of Regents coordinates with college management boards to set accreditation rules, approved-accreditor lists, and safeguards against losing accreditation. Public colleges need management-board approval to change accreditors and must keep federally recognized accreditation throughout; programs needing specialized accreditation must also stay accredited. School-wide accreditors must be federally recognized and Regents-listed, while specialized accreditors must be Regents-listed; they must emphasize credential completion, workforce outcomes, quality, affordability, financial stability, and rigorous yearly faculty review. Chosen accreditors must promise in writing not to make initial or continued accreditation depend on breaking the Louisiana Constitution or state law. Colleges must post their accreditation status and supporting documents online, with management boards setting how and how often renewal or accreditor-change updates appear.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 112 • No: 23

House vote • 5/13/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 14. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 77 • No: 14

House vote • 5/6/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/15/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 27 • No: 9

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 486.

    5/29/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 5/29/2026.

    5/29/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

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

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/20/2026Senate

  6. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 14. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/13/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/13/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.

    5/12/2026House

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

    5/11/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/7/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/6/2026House

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

    4/20/2026House

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

    4/16/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/15/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/13/2026Senate

  16. Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.

    4/8/2026Senate

  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.

    2/27/2026Senate

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