All Roll Calls
Yes: 252 • No: 11
LouisianaHB 5072025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Establishes the High Impact Job Program within Louisiana Economic Development and provides for administration of the program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
Sponsored By: Julie Emerson
Signed by Governor
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International AffairsCommerce
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Grants help employers create higher-paying Louisiana jobs
Effective July 1, 2025, Louisiana's High Impact Jobs Program creates wage-based grants for approved employers. In designated distressed areas, grants equal 8% of wages for jobs paying 110% to under 125% of the lower parish or regional average. Grants equal 18% for wages at least 125% but under 150% of the parish average, and 22% at 150% or higher. Outside distressed areas, new jobs must pay at least 125% of the parish average. Grants cannot exceed $200,000 per job per year; wage calculations exclude overtime and benefits. Employers must be authorized to do business in Louisiana and approved by Louisiana Economic Development (LED). New jobs must start after the contract takes effect, be full-time, at-will, nonseasonal and nontemporary, and include basic health coverage. Workers must work in Louisiana, onsite or remotely, directly for the employer or a named subsidiary. LED also can approve grants to retain highly skilled workers with advanced degrees. Gaming, retail, professional sports, government entities, automotive rental or leasing, and specified local utility and waste services are excluded. Contracts last three years, with one two-year renewal for employers that comply. Reimbursement requires a wage and spending report prepared by a certified public accountant. Payments follow verification, annually or at contract end, as the contract specifies. The law creates a dedicated state fund, but sets no total funding amount; awards depend on available funding and legislative appropriations. Unspent money carries forward, and investment interest stays in the fund. LED's rules are subject to legislative budget committee review. No grant can be issued before July 1, 2026, and applications received on or after July 1, 2035, are ineligible.
Employers face fees and grant limits
Beginning July 1, 2025, employers applying for High Impact Jobs grants must submit an application fee. Louisiana Economic Development (LED) sets the amount; the law does not specify it. Employers cannot receive another LED incentive for the same job or expense covered by these grants. They also cannot receive Louisiana Quality Jobs Program benefits at the same time.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Julie Emerson
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/9/2025
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
Yes: 97 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/8/2025
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 38 • No: 0
House vote • 5/19/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 11. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 88 • No: 11
House vote • 5/13/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 14 • No: 0
House vote • 4/28/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 15 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 372.
6/20/2025HouseEffective date: 07/01/2025.
6/20/2025HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/11/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/10/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/10/2025SenateRead by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
6/9/2025HouseRules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/8/2025SenateReceived from the Senate with amendments.
6/8/2025HouseScheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
6/8/2025HouseReported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
6/4/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
6/4/2025SenateRead by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
6/1/2025SenateReported favorably.
5/29/2025SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
5/21/2025SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
5/20/2025SenateRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 11. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
5/19/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2025.
5/15/2025HouseRead by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
5/14/2025HouseReported with amendments (14-0).
5/13/2025HouseRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
4/29/2025HouseReported with amendments (15-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
4/28/2025HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
4/14/2025HousePrefiled.
4/4/2025HouseUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
4/4/2025House
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