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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Ryan McDougle and 1 co-sponsor

SR 191 is a non-binding resolution asking LCLE, LDOE, and Louisiana Supreme Court to share truancy reports with the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children to inform policy.

Bill text as passed Senate (SR191ER)

Summary — SR 191 (Senate Resolution 191)

Status: Enrolled; signed by President of the Senate and transmitted to Secretary of State (6/13/2025)
Introduced: February 27, 2025
Classification: Senate Resolution (non‑binding)
Primary sponsors: Kenya Wicks, Sonya Halpern, Kim Jackson, Nikki Merritt, Donzella James, Freddie Powell Sims, and others
Related: SCR 216 (companion)

Purpose and intent

SR 191 is a non‑binding Senate resolution that asks three Louisiana entities — the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice (LCLE), the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE), and the Louisiana Supreme Court — to transmit their truancy reports to the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children. The stated intent is to consolidate and share existing truancy data with the legislative committee that oversees issues affecting children, to inform oversight, policy development, and potential legislative responses to juvenile truancy.

Key provisions

Requests (i.e., asks, not mandates) LCLE, LDOE, and the Louisiana Supreme Court to send copies of their truancy reports to the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children.

Does not create new reporting obligations, budgeting authority, or statutory requirements — it is a resolution expressing the Senate’s position and seeking voluntary cooperation.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to make copies of the resolution available to the public and press.

Note: The enrolled text made available with the bill metadata does not include a detailed schedule or format for the requested transmissions (e.g., frequency, data elements), and no enforcement mechanism is included.

Who is affected

Primary recipients: LCLE, LDOE, and the Louisiana Supreme Court (as entities the resolution addresses).

Secondary stakeholders: the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children (receiving the reports), legislators, education and juvenile justice policymakers, school districts, courts handling truancy matters, advocacy organizations focused on children and families, and researchers interested in juvenile attendance/engagement.

Procedural / timeline highlights

Introduced Feb 27, 2025; read, referred, and later adopted unanimously (38–0 reported for passage on 3/28/2025).

Enrolled and signed by the President of the Senate; sent to the Secretary of State on June 13, 2025.

As a resolution (rather than a bill), it expresses the position of the Senate and requests action but does not by itself change statutory law.

Impact and limitations

Potential positive impact: improved legislative access to existing truancy data could inform targeted policy or funding proposals to address absenteeism and related juvenile issues.

Limitation: because this is a request-resolution, agencies or courts are not legally compelled by SR 191 to comply; concrete change would require subsequent statutory action or agency cooperation.

Note: The documents provided alongside this request contain multiple, unrelated resolution texts and inconsistent excerpts. This summary is focused on the SR 191 title and metadata describing a request for transmission of truancy reports to the Senate Select Committee on Women and Children. If you want, I can draft a model timeline/format the committee could request from agencies (data fields, frequency, confidentiality considerations).