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2020 First Extraordinary Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 65
BY REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT
EMPLOYMENT: Requires short-term COVID-19 occupational forecasts (Item #15)
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 23:76(C)(14), relative to workforce development; to provide for occupational
3 forecasting; to require short-term COVID-19-related occupational projections; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 23:76(C)(14) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง76. Forecasting
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9 C.
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11 (14)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a short-term
12 forecast to account for the economic shifts resulting from the global COVID-19
13 pandemic shall be derived and approved by the conference. The short-term COVID-
14 19-affected forecast shall require quantitative data from various sources, surveys,
15 and information from the Louisiana Workforce Commission and Louisiana
16 Economic Development, and the input of regional economic development
17 organizations.
18 (b) The conference and council shall derive and approve a second and third
19 short-term COVID-19-affected forecast.
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1 (c) Each short-term COVID-19-affected forecast approved by the conference
2 and council shall be made available for access on the internet and delivered to the
3 legislative committees on labor and industrial relations and the legislative
4 committees on education. The council may modify conference reports if it
5 enunciates a reasonable basis for such modifications. Reports not approved by the
6 council shall not be final for the purposes of this Section.
7 Section 2. (A) The first short-term COVID-19-affected forecast required by R.S.
823:76(C)(14) as enacted by Section 1 of this Act shall be produced and released publicly by
9September 30, 2020.
10 (B) The second short-term COVID-19-affected forecast required by R.S.
1123:76(C)(14) as enacted by Section 1 of this Act shall be produced and released publicly by
12March 31, 2021.
13 (C) The third short-term COVID-19-affected forecast required by R.S. 23:76(C)(14)
14as enacted by Section 1 of this Act shall be produced and released publicly by September 30,
152021.
16 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
17signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
18by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
19vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
20effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 65 Engrossed 2020 First Extraordinary Session Wright
Abstract: Requires the Occupational Forecasting Conference to develop and produce a
short-term occupational forecast report that solely focuses on the impact of COVID-
19.
Proposed law provides that notwithstanding any other provisions of proposed law, a short-
term forecast to account for the economic shifts resulting from the global COVID-19
pandemic shall be derived and approved by the Occupational Forecasting Conference.
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Proposed law provides that the short-term COVID-19-affected forecast shall require
quantitative data from various sources, surveys, and information from the Louisiana
Workforce Commission and Louisiana Economic Development, and the input of regional
economic development organizations.
Proposed law provides that the conference and council shall derive and approve of a second
and third short-term COVID-19-affected forecast.
Proposed law provides that each short-term COVID-19 affected forecast approved by the
conference and council shall be made available on the internet and delivered to the
legislative committees on labor and industrial relations and the legislative committees on
education.
Proposed law provides that the council may modify conference reports if it enunciates a
reasonable basis for such modifications. Proposed law further provides that any reports not
approved by the council shall not be final for the purposes of proposed law.
Proposed law provides that the first short-term COVID-19-affected forecast required by
proposed law shall be produced and released publicly by September 30, 2020.
Proposed law provides that the second short-term COVID-19-affected forecast required by
proposed law shall be produced and released publicly by March 31, 2021.
Proposed law provides that the third short-term COVID-19-affected forecast required by
proposed law shall be produced and released publicly by September 30, 2021.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 23:76(C)(14))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Labor and Industrial
Relations to the original bill:
1. Add that the Workforce Investment Council shall work with the Occupational
Forecasting Conference.
2. Add that the council may make modifications to the conference reports if it has
a reasonable basis and any reports not approved by the council shall not be final.
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