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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 558: HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EG1 INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 558 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: HIGHER EDUCATION: Provides relative to initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program (EG1 INCREASE SD EX See Note). Primary sponsor: Paula Davis. It lists 20 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 1, 2025): Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Paula DavisPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Rhonda ButlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Vincent CoxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Jason DeWittCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Adrian FisherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Aimee FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse98
Barbara FreibergCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Kyle GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse83
Stephanie HilfertyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Jason HughesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mike JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Denise MarcelleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Danny McCormickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dixon McMakinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Pat MooreCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Candace NewellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Chuck OwenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Sylvia TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Francis ThompsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Matthew WillardCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
John WybleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
  2. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
  3. Reported with amendments.
  4. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
  5. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  6. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  7. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2025.
  8. Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
  9. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
  10. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
  11. Reported with amendments (11-0).
  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source