Votes at a glance: committee reports several labor-related bills favorably

The Senate Committee on Labor took a series of largely uncontested actions on April 15, reporting several House bills favorably.

- House Bill 537 (presented by Representative Crews) would repeal the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, a statutory body the sponsor said has been dormant and not meeting in recent years; the sponsor described the change as housekeeping with no fiscal impact.

- House Bill 3 34 (sponsor described it as HB 334 in testimony) would reauthorize the incumbent worker training program administered by Louisiana Works; the sponsor said the bill reauthorizes the program so it can continue its work alongside other pending legislation that would expand funding.

Both bills were reported favorably by the committee with no opposition recorded on the transcript.

What happens next: Each bill will continue through the legislative process after being reported out of the Senate Committee on Labor.