LA SB 312
enactedEMPLOYMENT: Provides relative to union dues and fees for certain public employees. (8/1/26)
Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did LA SB 312 pass?
Yes. LA SB 312 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-02-27): Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
What is LA SB 312 about?
LA SB 312 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “EMPLOYMENT: Provides relative to union dues and fees for certain public employees. (8/1/26)”.
Who sponsors LA SB 312?
Kirk Talbot is the primary sponsor of LA SB 312, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-02-27 — Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Kirk Talbotprimary
- Michael Melerinecosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-02
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 756.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-06-02
Effective date 8/1/2026.
2026-06-01
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
enrolled
2026-06-01
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-06-01
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
executive-receipt
2026-05-31
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
2026-05-31
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 25 yeas and 9 nays.
2026-05-31
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
2026-05-31
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 62, nays 32. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
2026-05-31
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
2026-05-29
Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-29
Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
2026-05-29
Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
2026-05-29
Senate conference committee members appointed: Talbot, Lambert, and Seabaugh.
2026-05-29
House conferees appointed: Melerine, Crews, and Echols.
2026-05-29
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
2026-05-29
Conference committee report received.
2026-05-29
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
2026-05-29
Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
2026-05-28
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-05-27
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 60, nays 38. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-05-27
Received from the House with amendments.
receipt
2026-05-26
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-05-26
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2026.
2026-05-25
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
2026-05-20
Reported with amendments (7-4). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-07
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
referral-committee
2026-05-06
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
2026-05-05
Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-05
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-04-15
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-04-13
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-08
Reported with amendments.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
filing,referral-committee
Versions
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1877, L&IR, AdoptedCompare
- Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2071, Talbot, AdoptedCompare
- Senate Floor Amendment, #2977, Lambert, AdoptedCompare
- Senate Floor Amendment, #3108, Talbot, AdoptedCompare
- House Committee Amendment, #5376, L&IR, DraftCompare
- House Committee Amendment, #5753, L&IR, DraftCompare
- House Committee Amendment, #5913, L&IR, DraftCompare
- House Committee Amendment, #5901, L&IR, AdoptedCompare
- Conference Committee Report, #4610, House Proposed, Senate ProposedCompare
- SB312 OriginalCompare
- SB312 EngrossedCompare
- SB312 ReengrossedCompare
- SB312 EnrolledCompare
- SB312 ActCompare
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Votes
FINAL PASSAGE (#560)
2026-05-05 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Foil: yes
- Morris: yes
- Allain: yes
- Harris: yes
- Myers: yes
- Barrow: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Owen: yes
- Barthelemy: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Bass: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Price: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Carter: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Cloud: yes
- McMath: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Womack: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miller: yes
- Connick: other
- Reese: other
- Jackson-Andrews: other
- Selders: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#1573)
2026-05-27 · pass · 60-38
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Echols: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Egan: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Farnum: yes
- Owen: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Firment: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Berault: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Billings: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Galle: yes
- Spell: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Geymann: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Butler: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Horton: yes
- Turner: yes
- Carver: yes
- Illg: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Villio: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Crews: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Wright: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Adams: no
- Gadberry: no
- Marcelle: no
- Boudreaux: no
- Green: no
- Martinez: no
- Boyd: no
- Henry, D.: no
- Mena: no
- Brass: no
- Jackson: no
- Miller: no
- Braud: no
- Johnson, T.: no
- Moore: no
- Bryant: no
- Jordan: no
- Murray: no
- Carpenter: no
- Knox: no
- Newell: no
- Carter, R.: no
- LaCombe: no
- Phelps: no
- Chassion: no
- LaFleur: no
- Riser: no
- Cox: no
- Landry, M.: no
- Stagni: no
- Domangue: no
- Landry, T.: no
- Taylor: no
- Fisher: no
- Larvadain: no
- Walters: no
- Freeman: no
- Lyons: no
- Bagley: other
- Hilferty: other
- Young: other
- Bayham: other
- Johnson, M.: other
- Carter, W.: other
- McFarland: other
REJECT (#1548)
2026-05-29 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Foil: yes
- Morris: yes
- Allain: yes
- Harris: yes
- Myers: yes
- Barrow: 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
- Luneau: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Connick: yes
- McMath: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Womack: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miller: yes
- Selders: other
ADOPT (#1593)
2026-05-31 · pass · 25-9
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Reese: yes
- Allain: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Cathey: yes
- McMath: yes
- Stine: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miller: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Womack: yes
- Foil: yes
- Morris: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Myers: yes
- Barrow: no
- Carter: no
- Jenkins: no
- Barthelemy: no
- Harris: no
- Luneau: no
- Boudreaux: no
- Jackson-Andrews: no
- Price: no
- Bass: other
- Duplessis: other
- Selders: other
- Cloud: other
- Owen: other
ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1798)
2026-05-31 · pass · 62-32
Member-level votes (105)
- Amedee: yes
- Egan: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Farnum: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Firment: yes
- Owen: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Riser: yes
- Berault: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Billings: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Spell: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Butler: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Horton: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Illg: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Carver: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Turner: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Crews: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Wright: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Echols: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Adams: no
- Henry, D.: no
- Martinez: no
- Boyd: no
- Jackson: no
- Mena: no
- Brass: no
- Johnson, T.: no
- Miller: no
- Bryant: no
- Jordan: no
- Moore: no
- Carpenter: no
- Knox: no
- Murray: no
- Carter, R.: no
- LaFleur: no
- Newell: no
- Chassion: no
- Landry, M.: no
- Phelps: no
- Cox: no
- Landry, T.: no
- Stagni: no
- Fisher: no
- Larvadain: no
- Taylor: no
- Freeman: no
- Lyons: no
- Young: no
- Green: no
- Marcelle: no
- Mr. Speaker: other
- Braud: other
- Geymann: other
- Bagley: other
- Carter, W.: other
- LaCombe: other
- Bayham: other
- Domangue: other
- Walters: other
- Boudreaux: other
- Galle: other
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