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LouisianaHB 6802026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to waivers under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: John E. Wyble (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Labor and Industrial Relations

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Public reports track Louisiana job program results

Louisiana Works must submit workforce outcome reports each February 15, working with the Workforce Investment Council. The first is due February 15, 2027, covering fiscal year 2025–2026. Reports show statewide results and results by participants’ home parish when they entered the program. They track adult, displaced-worker, and youth participation; employment in the second and fourth quarters after exit; and second-quarter median earnings. They also track skill gains and credentials or diplomas earned during participation or within one year after exit. Employer measures cover reach, repeat engagement, and work-based learning opportunities. Spending reports separate training, participant services, employer activities, supportive services, and administration, with costs per participant and credential. Reports assess rural, economically distressed, and high-unemployment parishes, including available five-year trends, gaps in outcomes, and corrective steps. Louisiana Works must use existing data, without new or duplicate local reporting duties. Public data and a plain-language summary must protect privacy; any suppressed or combined data must have an explanation. Underlying parish data must stay accessible for at least ten years. Legislative labor committees must hold a public review hearing by March 15 after submission.

Louisiana removes workforce administration spending cap

Louisiana Works can reserve workforce money for statewide planning, research, system development, performance tracking, oversight, and support. The law removes the former 20% limit on spending for these statewide duties; federal limits and approved waivers still apply. The Workforce Investment Council can help request federal waivers for flexible funding and less duplicate administration. Requests can also cover planning, infrastructure funding, purchasing, and service delivery. The law does not itself approve any waiver or change participant eligibility or benefit amounts.

New statewide plans for job seeker services

Louisiana Works must lead workforce planning and consult local partners, employers, elected officials, and regional stakeholders. The Workforce Investment Council sets shared service standards and priorities for job outcomes, employer engagement, and careful spending. The state plan also serves as the regional plan and must include documented local priorities, plans, and performance data. The law removes the state rule requiring updates every two years. Federal workforce planning and update rules still apply, along with approved waivers where allowed.

State can reorganize Louisiana job seeker services

The governor can reorganize workforce areas and boards, including choosing one statewide service area. The Workforce Investment Council recommends changes and takes on workforce advisory duties. It can assume local board duties only when federal law, an approved waiver, or an approved state-plan change permits. Before final structural decisions, the governor must consult the Council, allow public comment, and document and consider local partner and employer input. Alternative boards must include local partners and employers and preserve required local participation. The law also repeals workforce statutes: R.S. 23:2054, 23:2063(A)(2) and (3), 23:2065(A)(9), and 23:2192 through 23:2195. The supplied provisions do not explain those repeals’ effects on households.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • John E. Wyble

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Alonzo L. Knox

    Democratic • House

  • Barbara Reich Freiberg

    Republican • House

  • Beth Anne Billings

    Republican • House

  • Brian Leonard Glorioso

    Republican • House

  • Dennis Bamburg Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Emily Chenevert

    Republican • House

  • Jacob Braud

    Republican • House

  • Jason Brian DeWitt

    Republican • House

  • Jessica Domangue

    Republican • House

  • Kim Carver

    Republican • House

  • Kimberly Landry Coates

    Republican • House

  • Marcus Anthony Bryant

    Democratic • House

  • Michael Charles Echols

    Republican • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Raymond J. Crews

    Republican • House

  • Rhonda Gaye Butler

    Republican • House

  • Stephanie H. Berault

    Republican • House

  • Timothy P. Kerner

    Republican • House

  • Troy Jude Hebert

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 241 • No: 0

House vote • 5/13/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/7/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 4/1/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 3/26/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 313.

    5/22/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/22/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/19/2026House

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

    5/18/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/18/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/13/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.

    5/12/2026House

  8. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/7/2026Senate

  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/7/2026House

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

    4/28/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

  12. Reported with amendments.

    4/22/2026Senate

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

    4/8/2026Senate

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

    4/7/2026Senate

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/1/2026House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.

    3/31/2026House

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

    3/30/2026House

  18. Reported with amendments (12-0).

    3/26/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

    3/9/2026House

  20. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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