republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/sb-244.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	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)	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)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2021	SB 244	Louisiana SB 244 (2021)	bill		enacted	Jay Luneau	12	18	3	2021-04-27	2021-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/48409f71-3726-4c7c-9bba-1c19f403e019	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240857	c47219ccb1b889bc5c71b845616435211516b3eea04f835a265934e66a170751	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 244 (2021) — 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)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. SB244 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #3487, L&IR, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Amendment, #3781, L&IR, Draft (committee substitute) — source
4. House Committee Amendment, #3786, L&IR, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
5. House Floor Amendment, #3948, Horton, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. SB244 Act (committee substitute) — source
7. SB244 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. SB244 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Floor Amendment, #1347, Reese, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Floor Amendment, #1477, Luneau, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1212, Mills, Fred, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
12. SB244 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#1058) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#211) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR (#998) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jay Luneau — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-06-14 Effective date 1/1/2022.
• 2021-06-14 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 297. executive-signature
• 2021-06-10 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021. executive-receipt
• 2021-06-10 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2021-06-09 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2021-06-08 Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2021-06-07 Received from the House with amendments.
• 2021-06-07 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. passage
• 2021-06-03 Scheduled for floor debate on 06/07/2021.
• 2021-06-03 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2021-06-03 Rules suspended.
• 2021-06-03 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2021-06-03 Reported with amendments (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2021-05-05 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2021-05-03 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. passage
• 2021-04-28 Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2021-04-27 Substitute for Senate Bill No. 92. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48409f71-3726-4c7c-9bba-1c19f403e019. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).