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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana re-creates Louisiana Works and extends the Incumbent Worker Training Program through 2030
Last action · May 11, 2026: Effective date: 06/30/2026.Sponsor: Raymond Crews
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana extends the statutory existence of Louisiana Works and re-authorizes the until July 1, 2030, effective June 30, 2026.
Extends state agency operations and workforce training funding authority for five additional years before the next scheduled legislative termination review.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Louisiana Works
Agency operations and statutory existence are extended through June 30, 2026.
Incumbent Worker Training Program
Program reauthorization deadline is extended to July 1, 2030.
Key Facts
- Louisiana Works and its associated statutory entities are re-created effective June 30, 2026.
- All statutory authority for Louisiana Works shall cease as of July 1, 2031, unless re-created prior to that date.
- The Incumbent Worker Training Program reauthorization is extended, requiring renewal prior to July 1, 2030.
- R.S. 49:191(1)(f) is repealed in its entirety.
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- The Act becomes effective on June 30, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 11, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 68.
- May 11, 2026HouseEffective date: 06/30/2026.
- May 5, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 4, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
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- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorRead by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (10-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 24, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 24, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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