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House approves wide slate of bills including parole, education and reentry measures; multiple final passages recorded
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Summary
On April 7 the Louisiana House passed a large set of bills in regular order, including measures on parole alternatives, teacher protections, reentry programs and school behavioral-health access; several bills moved with little debate while others drew amendments before final passage.
The Louisiana House cleared many items on the calendar April 7, adopting a range of measures across criminal justice, education, transportation and workforce policy.
What passed (selected highlights) - Parole and supervised-release measures: HB54 (parole alternatives and placement in rehabilitative programs) passed on final passage (recorded as 88 yays, 0 nays). Sponsors said the bill provides alternatives to revocation that prioritize treatment and rehabilitation. - Teacher and school safety bills: HB133 and its companion provisions about assault/battery of school employees were presented to protect teachers and clarify penalties; sponsors cited recent incidents and sought stronger protections; the bill passed (96 yays, 0 nays reported). HB352 (behavioral health services in schools) passed after floor discussion and amendments to clarify planning and collaboration with school systems and licensed providers (final vote recorded as 98 yays, 0 nays). - Reentry and parole reforms: HB168 to establish a transitional reentry program for qualifying female parolees passed (95 yays, 0 nays); sponsors emphasized reentry services rather than early release. - Privacy and administrative alignment: HB67 and HB339 series aligning protected personal information provisions and clerk/secretary-of-state processes were considered and passed with technical and transparency amendments.
Procedure and next steps Most measures were adopted on final passage votes recorded by the clerk and will now be transmitted to the Senate or enrolled for the governor. Several resolutions and ceremonial recognitions were adopted without recorded roll-call tallies. The House also adopted HCR 45 urging Congress to extend ARPA expenditure deadlines for certain infrastructure projects (89 yays, 0 nays). Committee chairs announced schedules for committee meetings the next day and the House adjourned until 1 p.m. tomorrow.
Why it matters: the package advances criminal-justice changes affecting supervision and parole, school-safety and behavioral-health access in classrooms, and administrative reforms that state agencies will implement through rulemaking. Voters and local officials should watch agency rulemaking and any Senate amendments for final policy shape.
