STATE BILLLA HB 342PASSED

Provides that a local education agency shall have the burden of proof in any special education due process hearing relative to the appropriateness of a student's current or proposed program or placement (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

State of Louisiana

Status: Passed; Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date: Jun 23, 2026; 142 days ago
Current chamber: House of Representatives
Session: 2026 Regular Session

LA HB 342 · PassedJun 23

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Bill details

Last action: Effective date: 08/01/2026. · Jun 23, 2026

Bill history

Newest first.

Jun 23, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026.House

Jun 23, 2026Becomes Act No. 943 without the Governor's signature.House

Jun 1, 2026Sent to the Governor for executive approval.House

Jun 1, 2026Signed by the President of the Senate.Senate

May 31, 2026Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.House

May 29, 2026Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.House

May 29, 2026Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.House

May 28, 2026Received from the Senate with amendments.House

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May 27, 2026The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Senate

May 26, 2026Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Senate

May 25, 2026Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.Senate

May 21, 2026Reported with amendments.Senate

Apr 20, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.Senate

Apr 15, 2026Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Senate

Apr 14, 2026Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.House

Apr 13, 2026Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.House

Apr 9, 2026Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.House

Apr 8, 2026Reported favorably (11-0).House

Mar 9, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.House

Feb 27, 2026First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.House

Feb 24, 2026Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.House

Feb 24, 2026Prefiled.House

Recorded votes

House Vote on HB 342 FINAL PASSAGE (#481)Apr 14, 2026 · House · 99 yea · 2 nayPassed

Senate Vote on HB 342 FINAL PASSAGE (#1438)May 27, 2026 · Senate · 35 yea · 0 nayPassed

House Vote on HB 342 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1731)May 29, 2026 · House · 99 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

EDUCATION/SPECIAL

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Provides that a local education agency shall have the burden of proof in any special education due process hearing relative to the appropriateness of a student's current or proposed program or placement (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

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Provides that a local education agency shall have the burden of proof in any special education due process hearing relative to the appropriateness of a student's current or proposed program or placement (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

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