LA HB780 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Engrossed on April 8 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Pending: Senate Judiciary A Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on April 8 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Pending: Senate Judiciary A Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Provides relative to penalties and attorney fees for nonpayment, discontinuance of payment, or failure to consent for a medical treatment for workers' compensation claims, controversion of benefits, and preliminary determination hearings
Title
Provides relative to penalties and attorney fees for nonpayment, discontinuance of payment, or failure to consent for a medical treatment for workers' compensation claims, controversion of benefits, and preliminary determination hearings
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-04-08 - House - House Vote on HB 780 FINAL PASSAGE (#377) (Y: 71 N: 24 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | Senate | Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. |
| 2026-04-08 | Senate | Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. |
| 2026-04-08 | House | Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. |
| 2026-04-08 | House | Called from the calendar. |
| 2026-04-07 | House | Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026. |
| 2026-04-07 | House | Notice given. |
| 2026-04-07 | House | Read by title, returned to the calendar. |
| 2026-04-07 | House | Called from the calendar. |
| 2026-04-01 | House | Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026. |
| 2026-04-01 | House | Notice given. |
| 2026-04-01 | House | Read by title, returned to the calendar. |
| 2026-03-31 | House | Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026. |
| 2026-03-30 | House | Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Reported with amendments (8-3). |
| 2026-03-09 | House | Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. |
| 2026-02-27 | House | First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026. |
| 2026-02-27 | House | Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. |
| 2026-02-27 | House | Prefiled. |
