REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Provides for uniform definitions of independent contractor and employee and for penalties for the misclassification of employees. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (1/1/22) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF RV See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Apr 27, 2021
Signed Jun 14, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 3, 2021 · House Jun 7, 2021
How they voted
23–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 28
May 3, 2021
D
Democratic10
80% Yea
R
Republican18
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jun 14, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 297.
upper
Jun 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
Jun 7, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House with amendments.
upper
Jun 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 3, 2021
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
Jun 3, 2021
Committee
Reported with amendments (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 5, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
lower
May 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
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
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jay Luneau
DDemocratic
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