HB 118 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

LABOR/ARBITRATION: Provides relative to certain pre-dispute arbitration agreements in the workplace

This bill prohibits employers in Louisiana from requiring employees to sign agreements that mandate arbitration for claims of workplace sexual harassment as a condition of employment. While it bans these pre-dispute mandates, the law still allows employers and employees to agree to arbitrate such claims after a specific incident occurs. By making it unlawful to force arbitration for sexual harassment before any dispute arises, the legislation aims to ensure these claims can be addressed through other legal avenues.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 21, 2024 Signed Jun 10, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2024 · House May 7, 2024

How they voted

312
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 38
May 29, 2024
D Democratic12
9 Yea 3
75% Yea
R Republican26
22 Yea 2 Nay 2
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 23, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 61, nays 26. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Candace Newell
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
LA
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