WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to the definition of an independent contractor (EN DECREASE SD EX See Note)

Looking ahead

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History

1. 2026
   1. May 15Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 133.Became Law
   2. May 15Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 13Signed by the President of the Senate.
   4. May 13Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   5. May 12Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   6. May 11Read by title, roll called, yeas 77, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.
      • Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1077). Result: pass.Lower
   7. May 7Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
   8. May 6The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#640). Result: pass.Upper
   9. May 6Received 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 27Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   12. Apr 22Reported with amendments.Minor
   13. Apr 1Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.Minor
   14. Mar 31Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   15. Mar 30Called from the calendar.
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#201). Result: pass.Lower
   16. Mar 30Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 28. 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 03/30/2026.
   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 (6-4).Minor
   23. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.Minor
   24. Feb 20First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
   25. Feb 18Prefiled.Minor
   26. Feb 18Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.Introduced