Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana SB 312

EMPLOYMENT: Provides relative to union dues and fees for certain public employees. (8/1/26)

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed Senate
4. Passed House
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Kirk Talbot (Republican)

Cosponsors (1)

• Michael Melerine (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• Senate Committee Amendment, #1877, L&IR, Adopted
• Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2071, Talbot, Adopted
• Senate Floor Amendment, #2977, Lambert, Adopted
• Senate Floor Amendment, #3108, Talbot, Adopted
• House Committee Amendment, #5376, L&IR, Draft
• House Committee Amendment, #5753, L&IR, Draft
• House Committee Amendment, #5913, L&IR, Draft
• House Committee Amendment, #5901, L&IR, Adopted
• Conference Committee Report, #4610, House Proposed, Senate Proposed
• SB312 Original
• SB312 Engrossed
• SB312 Reengrossed
• SB312 Enrolled
• SB312 Act

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 12:03 AM.

Actions

• Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
  Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
• Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
  Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
• Apr 8, 2026 · Senate
  Reported with amendments.
• Apr 13, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• Apr 15, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• May 5, 2026 · Senate
  Called from the Calendar.
• May 5, 2026 · Senate
  Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• May 6, 2026 · House
  Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
• May 20, 2026 · House
  Reported with amendments (7-4). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• May 25, 2026 · House
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• May 26, 2026 · House
  Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• May 26, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2026.
• May 27, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 60, nays 38. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
• May 27, 2026 · Senate
  Received from the House with amendments.
• May 28, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Senate conference committee members appointed: Talbot, Lambert, and Seabaugh.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  House conferees appointed: Melerine, Crews, and Echols.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee report received.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
• May 31, 2026 · Senate
  Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 25 yeas and 9 nays.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 62, nays 32. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
• May 31, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
• Jun 1, 2026 · Senate
  Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• Jun 1, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• Jun 1, 2026 · Senate
  Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
• Jun 2, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 756.
• Jun 2, 2026 · Senate
  Effective date 8/1/2026.