SB 356 Louisiana Senate · 2024 Regular Session

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Provides for workforce training and education initiative for public assistance recipients. (8/1/24)

SB 356 establishes a workforce training and education initiative specifically designed for individuals receiving public assistance. The bill authorizes funding and resources to help these recipients gain new skills and improve their employment prospects through structured educational programs. By targeting public assistance recipients, the legislation aims to connect them with job training opportunities to support their transition into the workforce.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Apr 3, 2024 · House May 20, 2024

How they voted

320
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 38
Apr 3, 2024
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican26
20 Yea 6
76% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 6, 2024
Introduced
Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Katrina Jackson-Andrews
DDemocratic
LA
34