EMPLOYMENT: Provides for the reimbursement of the cost of certain preemployment examinations, testing, or ...
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HB 402 — EMPLOYMENT: Provides for the reimbursement of the cost of certain preemployment examinations, testing, or background checks (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Last action — Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Read HB 402 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Read by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 15 yeas and 15 nays.
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Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 58, nays 31. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/18.
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Reported with amendments (14-0).
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Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
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Prefiled.
Sponsors
- Rick Edmonds · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 16 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Rick Edmonds Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 146 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 12 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Republican | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 15 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 38% | 38% | 0% | 23% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Martiny | — | Nay |
| Milkovich | — | Nay |
| Mills | — | Nay |
| Hewitt | — | Not Voting |
| Johns | — | Yea |
| Fannin | — | Yea |
| Long | — | Yea |
| Smith, J. | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Nay |
| Morrell | — | Nay |
| Bishop | — | Nay |
| Morrish | — | Not Voting |
| Carter | — | Nay |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Perry | — | Yea |
| Smith, G. | — | Not Voting |
| Peterson | — | Nay |
| Appel | — | Yea |
| Chabert | — | Not Voting |
| Claitor | — | Nay |
| Colomb | — | Not Voting |
| Donahue | — | Yea |
| Erdey | — | Yea |
| Walsworth | — | Yea |
| Ward | — | Nay |
| Cortez | — | Yea |
| Gatti | — | Not Voting |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Nay |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Nay |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Not Voting |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 12 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Democrat | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 15 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 38% | 38% | 0% | 23% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Long | — | Yea |
| Martiny | — | Nay |
| Milkovich | — | Nay |
| Mills | — | Nay |
| Morrish | — | Not Voting |
| Hewitt | — | Not Voting |
| Johns | — | Yea |
| Fannin | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Nay |
| Smith, J. | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Nay |
| Perry | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Nay |
| Carter | — | Nay |
| Peterson | — | Nay |
| Smith, G. | — | Not Voting |
| Chabert | — | Not Voting |
| Claitor | — | Nay |
| Cortez | — | Yea |
| Donahue | — | Yea |
| Erdey | — | Yea |
| Walsworth | — | Yea |
| Ward | — | Nay |
| Appel | — | Yea |
| Colomb | — | Not Voting |
| Gatti | — | Not Voting |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Nay |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Nay |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Not Voting |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 35 | 21 | 0 | 12 |
| Democrat | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 58 | 31 | 0 | 16 |
| % of votes cast | 55% | 30% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Huval | — | Not Voting |
| Leopold | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Norton | — | Nay |
| Guinn | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Nay |
| Havard | — | Yea |
| Hazel | — | Nay |
| Henry | — | Yea |
| Brown, C. | — | Nay |
| Johnson | — | Nay |
| Hoffmann | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Hunter | — | Nay |
| Jefferson | — | Nay |
| LeBas | — | Nay |
| Moreno | — | Nay |
| Brown, T. | — | Yea |
| Pearson | — | Yea |
| Carter, S. | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Billiot | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Nay |
| Carmody | — | Yea |
| Danahay | — | Nay |
| Pierre | — | Nay |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Pugh | — | Yea |
| Pylant | — | Yea |
| Reynolds | — | Nay |
| Richard | — | Yea |
| Schexnayder | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Nay |
| Thibaut | — | Nay |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Landry, N. | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Not Voting |
| Hill | — | Not Voting |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| James | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Not Voting |
| Leger | — | Not Voting |
| Shadoin | — | Not Voting |
| Simon | — | Not Voting |
| Abramson | — | Not Voting |
| Chaney | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Cromer | — | Not Voting |
| Davis | — | Not Voting |
| Dwight | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Not Voting |
| Stokes | — | Not Voting |
| Anders | — | Yea |
| Armes | — | Nay |
| Bagneris | — | Nay |
| Berthelot | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Falconer | — | Yea |
| Franklin | — | Nay |
| Gaines | — | Nay |
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Gisclair | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Nay |
| Landry, T. | — | Nay |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Nay |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Nay |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Nay |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Nay |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Nay |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Nay |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Nay |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Nay |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Nay |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip DeVillier | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 402?
- HB 402 is sponsored by Rick Edmonds (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 402?
- This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track HB 402?
- Track HB 402 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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