LA HB407 | 2026 | Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill 407

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on June 1 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-06-01 - Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EN -$1,100,000 SD EX See Note)

Title

Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EN -$1,100,000 SD EX See Note)

Roll Calls

2026-05-27 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 407 FINAL PASSAGE (#1439) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-04-08 - House - House Vote on HB 407 FINAL PASSAGE (#364) (Y: 94 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-06-01	House	Effective date: 07/01/2026.
2026-06-01	House	Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 642.
2026-05-29	House	Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-28	House	Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-28	House	Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-27	Senate	Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-26	Senate	Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-25	Senate	Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-21	Senate	Reported favorably.
2026-04-14	Senate	Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
2026-04-13	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-08	House	Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-07	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.
2026-04-01	House	Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-31	House	Reported with amendments (12-2).
2026-03-09	House	Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
2026-02-27	House	First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-25	House	Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
2026-02-25	House	Prefiled.

Subjects

HIGHER EDUCATION

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26rs&b=HB407&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1444051
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1457835
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460342
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1478011
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1480558
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1455654
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1457737
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1458601
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1444071
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1452256
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1458098
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1459912
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460402
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460529
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1479136
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1481993
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460115
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1477702