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SB441Introduced in the Senate

Provides relative to programs for prekindergarten-aged children. (gov sig) (EN -$6,530 GF RV See Note)

Passed

Introduced by Beth Mizell, District 12

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Provides relative to programs for prekindergarten-aged children. (gov sig) (EN -$6,530 GF RV See Note)

Where it stands

Effective date 6/1/2026.

June 1, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate Vote on SB 441 ADOPT (#1572) · May 29, 2026

25

Yes

7

No

7

Absent or Not Voting

39 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Robert Owen1Yes
Edward Price2Absent
Sidney Barthelemy3Absent
Jimmy Harris4No
Royce Duplessis5No
Rick Edmonds6Yes
Gary Carter7No
Patrick Connick8Yes
Cameron Henry9Yes
Kirk Talbot10Yes

Bill history

  1. Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  2. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.

  3. Reported favorably.

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

  5. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  6. Called from the Calendar.

  7. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

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

  10. Reported with amendments (11-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

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

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

  14. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 12. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  15. Received from the House with amendments.

  16. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.

  17. Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

  18. Senate conference committee members appointed: Mizell, Edmonds, and Barrow.

  19. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  20. House conferees appointed: Schlegel, Hilferty, and Chenevert.

  21. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  22. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  23. Conference committee report received.

  24. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2026.

  25. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 73, nays 24. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  26. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  27. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 25 yeas and 7 nays.

  28. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

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

  30. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

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

  32. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 587.

  33. Effective date 6/1/2026.

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