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LA HB 549

enacted

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Creates the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did LA HB 549 pass?

Yes. LA HB 549 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-08): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 811.

What is LA HB 549 about?

LA HB 549 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Creates the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 549?

Stephanie Berault is the primary sponsor of LA HB 549.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-08 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 811.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Stephanie Beraultprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-08

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 811.

    became-law,executive-signature

  2. 2026-06-08

    Effective date: 06/08/2026.

  3. 2026-06-01

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. 2026-06-01

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-05-31

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    enrolled

  6. 2026-05-29

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-27

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 2026-05-26

    Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    passage

  9. 2026-05-26

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

    receipt

  10. 2026-05-20

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    reading-3

  11. 2026-05-19

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. 2026-05-18

    Reported favorably.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-04-29

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

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  14. 2026-04-28

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  15. 2026-04-28

    Called from the calendar.

  16. 2026-04-28

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    passage

  17. 2026-04-28

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    reading-1

  18. 2026-04-23

    Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

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  19. 2026-04-23

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.

  20. 2026-04-22

    Reported with amendments (19-0).

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  21. 2026-04-13

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  22. 2026-04-09

    Reported with amendments (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

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  23. 2026-03-09

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

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  24. 2026-02-27

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  25. 2026-02-26

    Prefiled.

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  26. 2026-02-26

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

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Versions

  • House Committee Amendment, #3117, L&IR, DraftCompare
  • House Committee Amendment, #3435, L&IR, AdoptedCompare
  • House Committee Amendment, #3771, APP, DraftCompare
  • House Committee Amendment, #4264, APP, AdoptedCompare
  • Senate Floor Bureau Note, #4091, Seabaugh, AdoptedCompare
  • HB549 OriginalCompare
  • HB549 EngrossedCompare
  • HB549 ReengrossedCompare
  • HB549 EnrolledCompare
  • HB549 Act 811Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE (#796)

    2026-04-28 · pass · 91-0

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Echols: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Edmonston: yes
    • McMahen: yes
    • Amedee: yes
    • Egan: yes
    • McMakin: yes
    • Bacala: yes
    • Farnum: yes
    • Melerine: yes
    • Bagley: yes
    • Firment: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Bamburg: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Beaullieu: yes
    • Freeman: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Berault: yes
    • Freiberg: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Billings: yes
    • Gadberry: yes
    • Muscarello: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Galle: yes
    • Orgeron: yes
    • Bourriaque: yes
    • Geymann: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Boyer: yes
    • Glorioso: yes
    • Phelps: yes
    • Brass: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Riser: yes
    • Braud: yes
    • Hebert: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Broussard: yes
    • Henry, C.: yes
    • Schamerhorn: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Henry, D.: yes
    • Schlegel: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Horton: yes
    • Spell: yes
    • Carlson: yes
    • Illg: yes
    • St. Blanc: yes
    • Carpenter: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Stagni: yes
    • Carrier: yes
    • Johnson, M.: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Carter, R.: yes
    • Johnson, T.: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Chassion: yes
    • Kerner: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Chenevert: yes
    • LaCombe: yes
    • Ventrella: yes
    • Coates: yes
    • LaFleur: yes
    • Villio: yes
    • Cox: yes
    • Landry, J.: yes
    • Wilder: yes
    • Crews: yes
    • Landry, M.: yes
    • Wiley: yes
    • Deshotel: yes
    • Lyons: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Dewitt: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • Wyble: yes
    • Dickerson: yes
    • Marcelle: yes
    • Domangue: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Bayham: other
    • Knox: other
    • Thompson: other
    • Boyd: other
    • Landry, T.: other
    • Walters: other
    • Carter, W.: other
    • Larvadain: other
    • Young: other
    • Fontenot: other
    • McFarland: other
    • Zeringue: other
    • Hilferty: other
    • Newell: other
  • FINAL PASSAGE (#1262)

    2026-05-26 · pass · 34-0

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Foil: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Abraham: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Myers: yes
    • Allain: yes
    • Hensgens: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Barthelemy: yes
    • Hodges: yes
    • Pressly: yes
    • Bass: yes
    • Jackson-Andrews: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Reese: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Kleinpeter: yes
    • Seabaugh: yes
    • Cathey: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Stine: yes
    • Cloud: yes
    • McMath: yes
    • Wheat: yes
    • Duplessis: yes
    • Miguez: yes
    • Womack: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Fesi: yes
    • Mizell: yes
    • Barrow: other
    • Luneau: other
    • Talbot: other
    • Connick: other
    • Selders: other
  • CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1687)

    2026-05-29 · pass · 95-0

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Adams: yes
    • Farnum: yes
    • McMahen: yes
    • Amedee: yes
    • Firment: yes
    • McMakin: yes
    • Bacala: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Melerine: yes
    • Bamburg: yes
    • Fontenot: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Beaullieu: yes
    • Freeman: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Berault: yes
    • Freiberg: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Billings: yes
    • Gadberry: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Galle: yes
    • Muscarello: yes
    • Bourriaque: yes
    • Geymann: yes
    • Newell: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Glorioso: yes
    • Orgeron: yes
    • Boyer: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Brass: yes
    • Hebert: yes
    • Phelps: yes
    • Braud: yes
    • Henry, C.: yes
    • Riser: yes
    • Broussard: yes
    • Henry, D.: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Hilferty: yes
    • Schamerhorn: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Horton: yes
    • Schlegel: yes
    • Carlson: yes
    • Illg: yes
    • Spell: yes
    • Carrier: yes
    • Johnson, M.: yes
    • St. Blanc: yes
    • Carter, R.: yes
    • Johnson, T.: yes
    • Stagni: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Chassion: yes
    • Kerner: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Chenevert: yes
    • Knox: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Coates: yes
    • LaCombe: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Cox: yes
    • LaFleur: yes
    • Ventrella: yes
    • Crews: yes
    • Landry, J.: yes
    • Villio: yes
    • Deshotel: yes
    • Landry, T.: yes
    • Walters: yes
    • Dewitt: yes
    • Larvadain: yes
    • Wilder: yes
    • Dickerson: yes
    • Lyons: yes
    • Wiley: yes
    • Domangue: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Echols: yes
    • Marcelle: yes
    • Wyble: yes
    • Edmonston: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Zeringue: yes
    • Egan: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: other
    • Carter, W.: other
    • Tarver: other
    • Bagley: other
    • Jackson: other
    • Young: other
    • Bayham: other
    • Landry, M.: other
    • Carpenter: other
    • McFarland: other

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