HB 119 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to the duration of unemployment compensation benefits and provides for extended benefits (EN +$81,550 FF EX See Note)

This bill modifies the rules for unemployment compensation benefits in the state, specifically adjusting how benefit durations and amounts are calculated. It changes the language to allow for benefits "up to" a certain limit rather than an exact equal amount, clarifies that official notices must be published in the state, and alters payment schedules from monthly to biannual installments. These adjustments directly affect individuals receiving unemployment insurance and the administrative processes used to manage those funds.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 21, 2024 Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2024 · House Apr 24, 2024

How they voted

26–11
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
May 21, 2024
D Democratic12
1 Yea 11 Nay
91% Nay
R Republican26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (9-3).
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

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Troy Romero
RRepublican
LA
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