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LouisianaHB 12382026 Regular SessionHouse

LABOR: Enacts the Louisiana Behind the Counter Protection Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Labor and Industrial Relations

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Stronger protections for Louisiana counter workers

The law protects Louisiana retail and food service employees working at checkouts, counters, drive-through windows, customer service desks, or similar transaction points. It bans workplace violence and credible threats, including intimidation, verbal abuse, weapon threats, and conduct causing reasonable fear of physical harm. Simple battery against these workers carries up to a $2,000 fine, two years in prison with or without hard labor, or both. Simple assault carries up to a $1,000 fine, six months in prison, or both. Louisiana Works must provide warning signs; businesses may display them but are not required to. The signs must use bold 48-point type and state: “WARNING: Workplace violence against an employee is a crime and will not be tolerated. Such acts may result in arrest and criminal conviction under Louisiana law.”

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dixon Wallace McMakin

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 130 • No: 5

Senate vote • 5/13/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 29 • No: 1

House vote • 4/20/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 4/13/2026

Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 422 reported by the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations

Yes: 6 • No: 4

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 342.

    5/22/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/22/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/19/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/18/2026House

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/18/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/18/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/13/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/5/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/4/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/29/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

    4/21/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/20/2026House

  13. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/20/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

    4/15/2026House

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/14/2026House

  16. Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 422 reported by the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations (6-4).

    4/13/2026House

  17. Read by title.

    4/10/2026House

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