HB 618 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to accident reporting and access to medical records and information related to claims

HB 618 is a procedural bill that amends existing workers' compensation laws regarding accident reporting and access to medical records. The legislation does not introduce new policies but instead modifies specific sections of current statutes by deleting certain references and removing entire pages of text. These changes affect the legal framework governing how claims are processed and information is shared between employers, employees, and insurers. Because the bill consists solely of text deletions without adding new requirements, it does not alter the fundamental rights or obligations of workers or businesses.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Last action May 29, 2024
Floor votes · House May 13, 2024

How they voted

64–31
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 105
May 13, 2024
D Democratic32
28 Nay 4
87% Nay
R Republican73
64 Yea 3 Nay 6
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
3
Committee
5
May 23, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 64, nays 31. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-3).
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 · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors