HB 703 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

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
3 Yea 26 Nay 3
81% Nay
R Republican73
61 Yea 9 Nay 3
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