WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council
This bill amends the membership requirements for the Louisiana Workforce Investment Council by adding a specific designation to one of its members. The change ensures that a particular seat on the council is filled by a registered representative rather than a generic one. This adjustment clarifies the qualifications for council participation but does not alter the council's overall function or funding. The legislation is a minor procedural update focused on refining the composition of the state workforce advisory body.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House Apr 8, 2024
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 38
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 85, nays 2, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
lower
Mar 1, 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
P
Raymond Crews
RRepublican
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