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LouisianaSB 3222026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to apprentices. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Royce Duplessis (Democratic)

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.

New apprenticeship designation for Louisiana youth

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana law creates the “Louisiana Youth Apprentice” designation for qualifying apprentices age 24 or younger. They must be at least 16, unless another law sets a higher minimum age. A written registered apprenticeship agreement must provide at least 375 hours of reasonably continuous paid work and approved related instruction. Training must lead to a high school diploma or equivalent, plus an advanced industry credential, technical studies certificate, or equivalent or higher credential. Apprentices must also meet the general apprenticeship requirements and state training standards. The general framework keeps time-based programs of at least 2,000 work hours, competency-based programs, and programs combining both approaches. Written agreements are with employers, employer associations, or employee organizations. The youth designation provides no separate payment.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Royce Duplessis

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Brach Jerad Myers

    Republican • Senate

  • Brian Leonard Glorioso

    Republican • House

  • Caleb Kleinpeter

    Republican • Senate

  • Dennis Bamburg Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Edward J. Price

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gary Carter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gerald Boudreaux

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jeremy Stine

    Republican • Senate

  • Jimmy Harris

    Democratic • Senate

  • Kim Carver

    Republican • House

  • Kirk Talbot

    Republican • Senate

  • Larry Selders

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Michael "Big Mike" Fesi

    Republican • Senate

  • Raymond J. Crews

    Republican • House

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sam Jenkins

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sidney Barthelemy II

    Democratic • Senate

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

  • Thomas A. Pressly

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

House vote • 5/18/2026

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

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 5/7/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/15/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 490.

    5/29/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/29/2026Senate

  3. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/26/2026Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/26/2026House

  5. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/26/2026Senate

  6. Called from the Calendar.

    5/25/2026Senate

  7. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    5/20/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.

    5/18/2026House

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

    5/18/2026House

  10. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/18/2026Senate

  11. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/12/2026House

  12. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/11/2026House

  13. Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/7/2026House

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

    4/21/2026House

  15. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    4/20/2026House

  16. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/15/2026Senate

  17. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/13/2026Senate

  18. Reported favorably.

    4/8/2026Senate

  19. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

    3/9/2026Senate

  20. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

    2/27/2026Senate

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