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HB 119 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Carpenter
Abstract: Re-creates the Louisiana Workforce Commission and re-authorizes the Incumbent
Worker Training Program.
Present law provides that the Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWTP) re-authorization shall
be expressly renewed by the legislature prior to July 1, 2022, in order for amounts to be charged and
credited to the Incumbent Worker Training Account in the following calendar year for use in funding
the program.
Proposed law changes the renewal date for the IWTP re-authorization from July 1, 2022, to July 1,
2026.
Present law (Sunset) provides that the La. Workforce Commission (LWC) and all the statutory
entities made a part of that department by law shall begin to terminate its operations on July 1, 2022,
and that all legislative authority for such entities shall cease as of July 1, 2023, unless the legislature
enacts a bill authorizing the re-creation of the department and its statutory entities prior thereto.
Proposed law provides for the general re-creation of the LWC and its statutory entities, effective
June 30, 2022, in accordance with the sunset law.
Proposed law supersedes the provisions of the sunset law which set out the procedure for review and
re-creation and which require a separate bill to re-create each statutory entity within the department
along with additional provisions.
Proposed law makes July 1, 2027, the new termination date and termination would begin July 1,
2026, unless the department is again re-created.
Effective June 30, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 23:1553(G) and R.S. 49:191(1); Repeals R.S. 49:191(10)(l))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations
to the original bill:
1. Make technical changes.