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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana Overhauls State Workforce Development System and Mandates Annual Parish-Level Reporting
Last action · May 22, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsors: John Wyble and 30 others
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana enacts comprehensive reforms to its workforce development system under House Bill 680, authorizing Louisiana Works to pursue federal waivers, restructure local workforce boards, and submit an annual parish-level employment outcomes report to the legislature beginning in February 2027.
The measure restructures how federal and state job training funds are allocated across Louisiana, directly impacting local workforce boards, training providers, and individuals seeking employment assistance by shifting oversight toward centralized state strategy and standardized performance tracking.
- The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014 is the primary federal legislation governing state and local workforce development training programs. context
- Act No. 330 of the 2024 Regular Session previously adjusted Louisiana's workforce governance structures to reinforce state strategic planning. context
Who It Affects
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Louisiana Works
Assumes primary responsibility for statewide workforce planning, fiscal agency, and compiling the annual workforce outcomes report.
Local Workforce Development Boards
Subject to potential restructuring, consolidation, or redesignation by the governor under new state planning processes.
Workforce Program Participants
Receive employment and training services whose delivery and performance outcomes will be tracked and reported annually by parish.
Key Facts
- Authorizes Louisiana Works to pursue federal waivers and administrative flexibilities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 to reduce administrative overhead and increase direct training resources.
- Creates a temporary Transition Advisory Team comprising representatives from state agencies, local elected officials, employers, and labor organizations to advise Louisiana Works for 18 months.
- Requires Louisiana Works and the Workforce Investment Council to submit a comprehensive Annual Workforce Outcomes Report to the legislature and governor no later than February 15 of each year, beginning in 2027.
- Mandates that annual workforce reports include data disaggregated by the participant's parish of residence, covering employment rates, median earnings, credential attainment, and program costs.
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- Requires the Senate and House Committees on Labor and Industrial Relations to convene a public hearing by March 15 each year to review the annual workforce outcomes report.
- Allows the commission to use an amount not to exceed twenty percent of available workforce training funds for state-level administration, research, planning, and technical assistance, unless superseded by federal law.
- Empowers the governor to designate workforce development areas, restructure local boards, or establish single statewide governance structures as permitted by federal law and approved waivers.
- Repeals obsolete statutes including R.S. 23:2054, 2063(A)(2) and (3), 2065(A)(9), and R.S. 23:2192 through 2195.
- Takes effect on August 1, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 22, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 313.
- May 22, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 19, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 18, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 18, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 13, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 12, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.
- May 7, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 7, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateReported with amendments.
- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Apr 7, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 1, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseReported with amendments (12-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Centralization and Performance Tracking
The legislation shifts greater administrative authority to Louisiana Works and mandates detailed parish-level accountability reporting for workforce outcomes.
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