WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to controversion of benefits, preliminary determination hearings, disputed claims, and penalties and attorney fees (RE DECREASE SG EX See Note)
This bill amends the workers' compensation law by changing a specific reference from "Subsection" to "Paragraph" within the text regarding the controversion of benefits. The change is a minor technical adjustment intended to correct the legal terminology used in the statute. It does not alter the underlying rules for handling disputed claims or impose new penalties on employers or insurers. The provision directly affects the administrative structure of how compensation disputes are documented and processed under the existing legal framework.
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 13, 2024
Floor votes · House May 8, 2024
How they voted
64–35
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 105
May 8, 2024
D
Democratic32
81% Nay
R
Republican73
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 64, nays 35. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-4).
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
Ask Maddy
·
AI policy assistant
Ask Maddy about HB 703
Scope: LA
Hi! I can help you understand HB 703. What would you like to know?
Try one of these
i
Maddy answers using official bill text and legislative records. Always verify before sharing.
Sources cited inline