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LouisianaSB 3512026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: Provides relative to children and family assistance programs. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Education

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Earlier childcare help applications for expectant mothers

Beginning August 1, 2026, expectant mothers can apply for Louisiana’s Child Care Assistance Program before giving birth. The Department of Education must create a preliminary eligibility process approved by both the Senate and House education committees. The state education board must issue rules to carry out this process. Eligibility must be confirmed after birth. The law does not change who qualifies, and applying early does not guarantee assistance.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Aimee Adatto Freeman

    Democratic • House

  • Barbara Reich Freiberg

    Republican • House

  • C. Denise Marcelle

    Democratic • House

  • Chasity Martinez

    Democratic • House

  • Dana Henry

    Democratic • House

  • Delisha Boyd

    Democratic • House

  • Dustin Miller

    Democratic • House

  • Ed Murray

    Democratic • House

  • Joy Walters

    Democratic • House

  • Pat Moore

    Democratic • House

  • R. Dewith Carrier

    Republican • House

  • Rashid Armand Young

    Democratic • House

  • Reese "Skip" Broussard

    Republican • House

  • Sylvia Elaine Taylor

    Democratic • House

  • Terry Landry Jr.

    Democratic • House

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 138 • No: 0

House vote • 5/7/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 4/28/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/31/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 383.

    5/22/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/22/2026Senate

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

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/19/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/19/2026House

  6. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/11/2026Senate

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/7/2026House

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

    5/6/2026House

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

    5/5/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/29/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/28/2026House

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

    4/7/2026House

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

    4/1/2026House

  14. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/31/2026Senate

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

    3/30/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    3/25/2026Senate

  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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