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LouisianaHB 5912026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

INSURANCE: Creates the Paid Family Leave Insurance Act

Sponsored By: Kyle M. Green Jr. (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Insurance

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Covered workers get minimum paid leave benefits

Paid family leave policies must provide covered workers at least two weeks of benefits per 52-week benefit period. Leave reasons include caring for a seriously ill family member and bonding with a new child within the first 12 months. Bonding applies after birth, adoption, or foster placement. Other reasons include qualifying needs tied to a spouse, child, or parent's military duty and caring for an injured service member. Policies can cover additional leave reasons. Benefits must be paid regularly and promptly, except contested leave periods, which follow applicable federal Family and Medical Leave Act rules.

New paid leave insurance for Louisiana workers

Louisiana allows licensed life or disability income insurers to offer insurance that replaces wages during family leave. Coverage can come through an employer policy, a separate policy, or an add-on to disability income insurance. Insurers are not required to offer coverage. They must follow applicable federal Social Security Act filing requirements and premium guidelines. The law sets no premium amount.

Workers get clear terms but benefit limits

Policies must explain benefit amounts, the income and formula used to calculate payments, and any reductions for other income. They must state the benefit length for each leave reason, how the 52-week period is measured, and any unpaid waiting-period terms. Policies must list exclusions, including missing notice or medical proof, intentional harm, paid work, other compensation or benefits, early leave, or shared caregiving claims. Paid family leave benefits do not count as wages paid instead of workers' compensation. Receiving them does not pause or restart the deadline for filing a workers' compensation claim.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Kyle M. Green Jr.

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 238 • No: 0

House vote • 5/29/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/26/2026

Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 4/8/2026

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 • 3/31/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 817.

    6/8/2026House

  2. Effective date: 06/08/2026.

    6/8/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/1/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/1/2026House

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

    5/31/2026House

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/29/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

    5/27/2026House

  8. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/26/2026Senate

  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/26/2026House

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

    5/25/2026Senate

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/21/2026Senate

  12. Reported with amendments.

    5/20/2026Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

    4/13/2026Senate

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

    4/8/2026House

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

    4/8/2026Senate

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.

    4/7/2026House

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

    4/1/2026House

  18. Reported with amendments (14-0).

    3/31/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.

    3/9/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  21. Prefiled.

    2/26/2026House

  22. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.

    2/26/2026House

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