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IntroducedFeb 27, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to penalties and attorney fees for nonpayment, discontinuance of payment, or failure to consent for a medical treatment for workers' compensation claims, controversion of benefits, and preliminary determination hearings
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Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
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YES: 71
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Edmonston
- McMahen
- Adams
- Egan
- McMakin
- Amedee
- Farnum
- Melerine
- Bacala
- Firment
- Muscarello
- Bamburg
- Fisher
- Orgeron
- Bayham
- Fontenot
- Owen
- Beaullieu
- Freiberg
- Riser
- Berault
- Gadberry
- Sawyer
- Billings
- Galle
- Schamerhorn
- Bourriaque
- Geymann
- Schlegel
- Boyer
- Glorioso
- Spell
- Broussard
- Hebert
- St. Blanc
- Butler
- Henry, C.
- Stagni
- Carlson
- Henry, D.
- Tarver
- Carrier
- Horton
- Thomas
- Carver
- Illg
- Thompson
- Chenevert
- Jackson
- Turner
- Coates
- Johnson, M.
- Villio
- Cox
- Kerner
- Wilder
- Deshotel
- Landry, J.
- Wiley
- Dewitt
- Landry, T.
- Wright
- Dickerson
- Mack
- Wyble
- Domangue
- McCormick
- Zeringue
- Echols
- McFarland
NO: 24
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Called from the calendar.
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 07, 2026 | House
- Called from the calendar.
- Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Notice given.
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Notice given.
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
- Mar 31, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
- Mar 30, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (8-3).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Feb 27, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

