Bill
HCR 31
Louisiana concurrent resolution asks LHSAA to avoid scheduling games over Easter weekend, a nonbinding appeal to respect religious observances of students and families.
Note on source material
- The bill header you provided lists HCR 31 as an athletics measure asking the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) to refrain from hosting games during Easter weekend. The body text included in your submission, however, contains unrelated resolution texts (a Delaware “Youth Author Day” designation and a Hawaii resolution about establishing an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center). Legislative action and sponsor lists are likewise mixed across states. Because the full text of the Louisiana athletics resolution was not included, the summary below is based on the bill title, classification, and status you provided and on common structure for this type of concurrent resolution. Please supply the actual bill text if you want a line-by-line or clause-specific summary.
Purpose and intent
- Purpose: To request that the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) refrain from scheduling or hosting interscholastic athletic contests during the Easter weekend (generally Good Friday–Easter Sunday), out of respect for students, families, and communities who observe Easter as a religious holiday and to avoid scheduling conflicts with family observances.
- Intent: Encourage voluntary schedule adjustments by the LHSAA so that student-athletes, coaches, officials, and spectators may observe religious traditions and reduce travel/scheduling burdens during that weekend.
Key provisions (anticipated for this type of concurrent resolution)
- Nonbinding request: The measure is a concurrent resolution, so it likely contains a formal but nonbinding request to the LHSAA rather than a statutory mandate.
- Scope: Applies to LHSAA-sponsored interscholastic athletic events (regular season games, tournaments, or playoffs) scheduled to occur on Easter weekend.
- Timing guidance: May ask the LHSAA to avoid scheduling on specific days (e.g., Good Friday through Easter Sunday) or to consider alternative dates for playoff rounds or tournaments that would otherwise fall on that weekend.
- Rationale clauses: Typically cites respect for religious observance, student welfare, family participation, and community values.
Who would be affected
- Primary: LHSAA (the requested entity), member high schools, student-athletes, coaches, athletic directors, referees/officials, and spectators in Louisiana.
- Secondary: Tournament organizers, school calendars and facilities managers, and athletic scheduling contractors if schedules must be adjusted.
- Fiscal impact: Minimal direct fiscal impact on the state because the resolution is advisory; operational impacts could include rescheduling logistics, potential venue availability changes, and travel/cost shifts for schools and host sites.
Procedural and timeline aspects
- Classification: Concurrent resolution — expresses the legislature’s position and requests action by an outside entity (LHSAA); does not create law or appropriate funds.
- Status (per header): Introduced November 18, 2024; final procedural note: “Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House,” which suggests completion of the House procedural steps. Because concurrent resolutions do not usually require gubernatorial signature, check the legislature’s journal for final disposition (adopted/approved) and whether the LHSAA received the resolution.
- Next steps for implementation: The LHSAA would decide whether to act on the request and, if so, would implement schedule changes through its normal scheduling and governance processes (potentially during its next annual scheduling cycle).
Limitations and legal effect
- Nonbinding: The resolution requests or encourages action but does not compel the LHSAA or create enforceable duties for schools or state agencies.
- Practical effect depends on LHSAA’s response: If the LHSAA adopts the recommendation, scheduling patterns would change; if not, current scheduling authority remains unchanged.
If you want:
- I can draft a short model text of a concurrent resolution that would accomplish this request, or
- Summarize the actual bill text if you provide the full Louisiana HCR 31 text (the pasted content appears to be unrelated).
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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