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LouisianaHB 9512026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

LABOR: Creates the office of business workforce solutions within Louisiana Works (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Dennis Bamburg Jr. (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Labor and Industrial Relations

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

More outreach flexibility for worker training

The law keeps administrative spending at no more than 10% of state-appropriated Worker Training Fund money. Employer outreach and program engagement costs do not count toward that cap. Fund managers have more room to pay for connecting employers with training programs. This change does not create a direct household payment or change who qualifies for training.

New workforce office helps Louisiana employers

The law creates the Office of Business Workforce Solutions within Louisiana Works to connect employers with training and workers. It manages Business Services, the Incumbent Worker Training Program, and federal funds for preventing and responding to layoffs. The Louisiana Works secretary can assign it additional business programs and funding. Its duties include expanding apprenticeships, work-based learning, industry training partnerships, internships, and youth career exposure. The office coordinates workforce providers and links training with business recruitment, retention, and growth. It can make contracts, accept outside funding, and sign agreements protecting confidential business information. It oversees program finances and must regularly report performance and economic effects. The state workforce council coordinates agencies, training, and funding around employer and job-market needs. A seven-member, business-majority committee advises the office, reviews its annual work plan, recommends leadership candidates and performance measures, and reports annually. The office is exempt from standard state purchasing rules, but its rules and purchasing provisions require administrative approval and legislative review. These changes support workforce services rather than creating direct household payments.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dennis Bamburg Jr.

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 230 • No: 4

House vote • 5/29/2026

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

Yes: 97 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/26/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 2

House vote • 3/26/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 89 • No: 2

House vote • 3/23/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 856.

    6/9/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/9/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/4/2026House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/1/2026Senate

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

    5/31/2026House

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

    5/29/2026House

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

    5/27/2026House

  8. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 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.

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/19/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    5/18/2026Senate

  13. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

    4/20/2026Senate

  14. Reported favorably.

    4/15/2026Senate

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

    3/31/2026Senate

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

    3/30/2026Senate

  17. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/26/2026House

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.

    3/25/2026House

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

    3/24/2026House

  20. Reported with amendments (11-0).

    3/23/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  22. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

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