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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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)"
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Louisiana SB 244 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Luneau"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-27"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48409f71-3726-4c7c-9bba-1c19f403e019"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240857"
source_hash: "c47219ccb1b889bc5c71b845616435211516b3eea04f835a265934e66a170751"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217955)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3487, L&IR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228249)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3781, L&IR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231241)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3786, L&IR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231550)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3948, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232813)
6. **SB244 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235561)
7. **SB244 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218155)
8. **SB244 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220049)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1347, Reese, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219077)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1477, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219942)
11. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1212, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218194)
12. **SB244 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233530)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48409f71-3726-4c7c-9bba-1c19f403e019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).