SR 203 — EMPLOYMENT: Creates the Louisiana Livable Wage Task Force.

SLS 26RS-4631 ORIGINAL Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

203 BY SENATOR BARROW EMPLOYMENT.A RESOLUTION To create the Louisiana Livable Wage Task Force to study the cost of living and make recommendations to improve economic securityfor workers and families.

CreatesWHEREAS, theLouisiana's Louisianacurrentminimum Livablewage Wageis Taskset Force.at $7.25 per hour pursuant to federal law;

A RESOLUTION To create the Louisiana Livable Wage Task Force to study the cost of living and make recommendations to improve economic securityfor workers and families.

WHEREAS, Louisiana's current minimum wage is set at $7.25 per hour pursuant to federal law;

and PageWHEREAS, 1proposed oflegislation 5to SLSestablish 26RS-4631a ORIGINALstatewide SRlivable NO.wagebeginning at $10.25 per hour with future adjustments tied to inflation has failed;

203 WHEREAS, proposed legislation to establish a statewide livable wage beginning at $10.25 per hour with future adjustments tied to inflation has failed;

and WHEREAS, a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage earns approximately $15,080 annually before taxes, an amount that falls far below what the MassachusettsPage Institute1 of Technology4 LivingSR WageNO. Calculator opines is necessary to maintain even a modest standard of living;

and203 WHEREAS,ENROLLED lowMassachusetts wagesInstitute forceof manyTechnology workingLiving familiesWage intoCalculator impossibleopines choicesis betweenrentandmedicine,groceriesandutilities,andtransportationandchildcare,therebynecessary perpetuatingto cyclesmaintain ofeven poverty,a housingmodest insecurity,standard debt,of andliving; economic instability;

and WHEREAS, low wages force many working families into impossible choices betweenrentandmedicine,groceriesandutilities, andtransportationandchildcare,thereby perpetuating cycles of poverty, housing insecurity, debt, and economic instability;

and PageWHEREAS, 2no ofperson 5who SLSworks 26RS-4631full ORIGINALtime SRshould NO.be forced to live in poverty, depend on charity, sleep in unsafe housing, or skip meals in order to survive;

203 WHEREAS, no person who works full time should be forced to live in poverty, depend on charity, sleep in unsafe housing, or skip meals in order to survive;

and WHEREAS,Page it2 isof also4 necessarytoSR studytheNO. economic conditions affectingworkers and employers in the community and to evaluate policy options that may support livable wages while maintaining a healthy business climate.

203 ENROLLED WHEREAS, it is also necessaryto studythe economic conditions affectingworkers and employers in the community and to evaluate policy options that may support livable wages while maintaining a healthy business climate.

(7)Submitfindingsandrecommendationsforanylegislation,administrativeaction,(7)Submit findingsandrecommendationsforanylegislation,administrative action, memoranda of understanding, or other policy changes necessaryto adopt a livable wage in Louisiana.

Page(3) 3The ofsecretaryof 5Louisiana SLSWorks, 26RS-4631or ORIGINALher SRdesignee. NO.

203 (3) The secretaryof Louisiana Works, or her designee.

BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthateachdesignatingauthorityshallsubmitthenamePage of3 its appointee to the chairman of the4 SenateSR CommitteeNO. on Labor and Industrial Relations no later than August 1, 2026.

BEITFURTHER203 RESOLVEDENROLLED thatBEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthateachdesignatingauthorityshallsubmitthename theof taskits forceshallappointee conveneitsto first meetingno later than September 1, 2026, at the call of the chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations and,no atlater itsthan firstAugust meeting,1, the2026. members shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and any other officers the task force deems necessary.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVEDthat the task forceshall conveneits first meetingno later than September 1, 2026, at the call of the chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations and, at its first meeting, the members shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and any other officers the task force deems necessary.

PageBE 4IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of 5this SLSResolution 26RS-4631be ORIGINALtransmitted SRto NO.the secretary of Louisiana Works, the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, each entitywithappointmentauthorityunderthisResolution,includingtheSenateCommitteeon Labor and Industrial Relations, LABI, and the AFL-CIO.

203PRESIDENT BEOF ITTHE FURTHERSENATE RESOLVEDPage that4 a copy of this4 Resolution be transmitted to the secretary of Louisiana Works, the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, each entitywithappointmentauthorityunderthisResolution,includingtheSenateCommitteeon Labor and Industrial Relations, LABI, and the AFL-CIO.

The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.

The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SR 203 Original 2026 Regular Session Barrow Creates the Louisiana Livable Wage Task Force to study and make recommendations concerning living wages in Louisiana.

Provides for submission of a report upon termination of the task force or March 1 2027, whichever occurs first.

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