LA HB945 | 2012 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 69-41-2)
Status: Passed on May 22 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-05-22 - Effective date: May 22, 2012.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Extends TOPS eligibility for certain students who reenlist in the U.S. Armed Forces and maintain continuous active duty (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

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Title

Extends TOPS eligibility for certain students who reenlist in the U.S. Armed Forces and maintain continuous active duty (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsors

Rep. Neil Abramson [D]Rep. Bryan Adams [R]Sen. Robert Adley [R]Rep. John Anders [D]
Sen. Conrad Appel [R]Rep. James Armes [D]Rep. Jeffery Arnold [D]Rep. Austin Badon [D]
Rep. Taylor Barras [R]Sen. Regina Barrow [D]Rep. John Berthelot [R]Rep. Robert Billiot [D]
Rep. Stuart Bishop [R]Sen. Wesley Bishop [D]Rep. Christopher Broadwater [R]Sen. Sharon Broome [D]
Rep. Jared Brossett [D]Rep. Terry Brown [I]Rep. Richard Burford [R]Rep. Henry Burns [R]
Rep. Roy Burrell [D]Rep. Thomas Carmody [R]Rep. Stephen Carter [R]Sen. Norby Chabert [R]
Rep. Simone Champagne [R]Rep. Charles Chaney [R]Sen. Sherri Cheek [R]Sen. Patrick Connick [R]
Rep. Kenny Cox [D]Rep. George Cromer [R]Sen. A.G. Crowe [R]Rep. Michael Danahay [D]
Rep. Herbert Dixon [D]Sen. Jack Donahue [R]Sen. Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb [D]Sen. Dale Erdey [R]
Sen. Franklin Foil [R]Rep. Raymond Garofalo [R]Rep. Jerry Gisclair [D]Rep. Hunter Greene [R]
Sen. Elbert Guillory [D]Rep. Mickey Guillory [D]Rep. John Guinn [R]Rep. Lance Harris [R]
Rep. Joseph Harrison [R]Rep. Kenneth Havard [R]Rep. Lowell Hazel [R]Sen. Cameron Henry [R]
Sen. Bob Hensgens [R]Rep. Dorothy Hill [D]Sen. Valarie Hodges [R]Rep. Frank Hoffmann [R]
Rep. Paul Hollis [R]Rep. Dalton Honore [D]Rep. Frank Howard [R]Rep. Marcus Hunter [D]
Rep. Mike Huval [R]Rep. Girod Jackson [D]Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews [D]Rep. Edward James [D]
Rep. Patrick Jefferson [D]Sen. Ronnie Johns [R]Rep. Charles Kleckley [R]Rep. Nancy Landry [R]
Rep. Walt Leger [D]Rep. Christopher Leopold [R]Rep. Anthony Ligi [R]Sen. Gerald Long [R]
Rep. Joseph Lopinto [R]Rep. Nicholas Lorusso [R]Rep. Sherman Mack [R]Sen. Daniel Martiny [R]
Sen. Gregory Miller [R]Sen. Fred Mills [R]Rep. Helena Moreno [D]Sen. Jean-Paul Morrell [D]
Rep. James Morris [R]Sen. John Morris [R]Sen. Edwin Murray [D]Sen. Ben Nevers [D]
Rep. Barbara Norton [D]Rep. Stephen Ortego [D]Sen. Barrow Peacock [R]Sen. Jonathan Perry [R]
Rep. Erich Ponti [R]Rep. Steve Pylant [R]Rep. Eugene Reynolds [D]Rep. Jerome Richard [I]
Rep. Clifton Richardson [R]Rep. Neil Riser [R]Rep. Harold Ritchie [D]Rep. Clay Schexnayder [R]
Rep. John Schroder [R]Sen. Alan Seabaugh [R]Rep. Robert Shadoin [R]Rep. Scott Simon [R]
Sen. Gary Smith [D]Sen. John Smith [R]Rep. Karen St Germain [D]Sen. Kirk Talbot [R]
Sen. Gregory Tarver [D]Rep. Major Thibaut [D]Rep. Ledricka Thierry [D]Rep. Francis Thompson [R]
Rep. Jeff Thompson [R]Sen. Michael Walsworth [R]Sen. Rick Ward [R]Sen. Mack White [R]
Rep. Lenar Whitney [R]Rep. Alfred Williams [D]Rep. Patrick Williams [D]Rep. Thomas Willmott [R]

Roll Calls

2012-05-14 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 945, FINAL PASSAGE (#947) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2012-05-14 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 945, CO-AUTHORS (#946) (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2012-04-04 - House - House Vote on HB 945, FINAL PASSAGE (#226) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2012-05-22 Effective date: May 22, 2012.
2012-05-22 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 215.
2012-05-16 Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2012-05-16 Signed by the President of the Senate.
2012-05-15 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2012-05-14 Received from the Senate without amendments.
2012-05-14 Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2012-05-09 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2012-05-08 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2012-05-07 Reported favorably.
2012-04-09 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
2012-04-04 Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2012-04-04 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2012-03-29 Scheduled for floor debate on 4/4/2012.
2012-03-29 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading - regular calendar.
2012-03-28 Reported favorably (14-0) (Regular).
2012-03-12 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
2012-03-03 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/2/2012.
2012-03-02 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
2012-03-02 Prefiled.

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