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IntroducedFeb 18, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 30, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to the definition of an independent contractor (RE DECREASE SD EX See Note)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 01, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
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Comments on HB 185
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YES: 70
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Domangue
- McFarland
- Amedee
- Echols
- McMahen
- Bacala
- Edmonston
- McMakin
- Bagley
- Egan
- Melerine
- Bamburg
- Farnum
- Muscarello
- Beaullieu
- Firment
- Orgeron
- Berault
- Fontenot
- Owen
- Billings
- Freiberg
- Riser
- Boudreaux
- Gadberry
- Sawyer
- Bourriaque
- Galle
- Schamerhorn
- Boyer
- Geymann
- Schlegel
- Braud
- Glorioso
- St. Blanc
- Broussard
- Hebert
- Stagni
- Butler
- Henry, C.
- Tarver
- Carlson
- Henry, D.
- Thomas
- Carrier
- Hilferty
- Thompson
- Carver
- Horton
- Turner
- Chenevert
- Illg
- Wilder
- Coates
- Johnson, M.
- Wiley
- Cox
- Kerner
- Wright
- Crews
- LaCombe
- Wyble
- Deshotel
- Landry, J.
- Zeringue
- Dewitt
- Mack
- Dickerson
- McCormick
NO: 28
Actions
- Apr 01, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Mar 31, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 30, 2026 | House
- Called from the calendar.
- Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Notice given.
- Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (6-4).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Feb 20, 2026 | House
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

