LABOR: Creates the Independent Contractor Voluntary Portable Benefits Act

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History

1. 2026
   1. May 22Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 299.Became Law
   2. May 22Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 19Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. May 18Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   5. May 18Signed by the President of the Senate.
   6. May 13Read by title, roll called, yeas 90, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
      • Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1223). Result: pass.Lower
   7. May 12Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.
   8. May 7Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#660). Result: pass.Upper
   9. May 7Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
   10. Apr 28Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   11. Apr 27Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   12. Apr 22Reported favorably.Minor
   13. Apr 8Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.Minor
   14. Apr 7Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   15. Apr 1Called from the calendar.
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#295). Result: pass.Lower
   16. Apr 1Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
   17. Mar 26Read by title, returned to the calendar.
   18. Mar 26Notice given.
   19. Mar 26Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
   20. Mar 25Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
   21. Mar 24Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   22. Mar 23Reported with amendments (6-5).Minor
   23. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.Minor
   24. Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
   25. Feb 24Prefiled.Minor
   26. Feb 24Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.Introduced