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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 357: WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides for the adoption of a medical fee reimbursement schedule for workers' compensation (RE +$100,000 SD EX See Note)

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 357 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on February 24, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides for the adoption of a medical fee reimbursement schedule for workers' compensation (RE +$100,000 SD EX See Note). Primary sponsor: Michael Echols (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 8, 2026): Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael EcholsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse14

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
  2. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  3. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  4. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
  5. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  6. Reported with amendments (8-4).
  7. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
  8. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
  9. Prefiled.
  10. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source