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HB381 • 2026

ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Provides for eligibility requirements for companies applying for the High Impact Jobs Program (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Provides for eligibility requirements for companies applying for the High Impact Jobs Program (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Edmond Jordan
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Pending House Commerce
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Provides for eligibility requirements for companies applying for the High Impact Jobs Program (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Provides for eligibility requirements for companies applying for the High Impact Jobs Program (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

What This Bill Does

  • ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Provides for eligibility requirements for companies applying for the High Impact Jobs Program (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.

  2. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  3. 2026-02-25 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.

  4. 2026-02-25 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Provides for eligibility requirements for companies applying for the High Impact Jobs Program (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-888 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 381
BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN
ECONOMIC DEVELOP/DEPT: Provides for eligibility requirements for companies
applying for the High Impact Jobs Program
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 51:2771(C)(3), relative to eligibility requirements for the High Impact Jobs
3 Program; to provide for ineligibility of a company with a certain number of
4 employees who qualify for certain assistance programs; to provide for coordination
5 between Louisiana Economic Development and the Louisiana Department of Health;
6 and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 51:2771(C)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §2771. High Impact Jobs Program; fund
10 * * *
11 C.
12 * * *
13 (3)(a) A company that has twenty percent or more of Louisiana employees
14 who qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, shall be ineligible
15 for participation in the High Impact Jobs Program.
16 (b) LED shall coordinate with the Louisiana Department of Health to access
17 the required information to implement this Paragraph.
18 * * *
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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HLS 26RS-888 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 381
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 381 Original 2026 Regular Session Jordan
Abstract: Makes a company ineligible for the High Impact Jobs Program if a certain
number of its employees qualify for SNAP benefits.
Present law provides for the High Impact Jobs Program.
Present law provides for the eligibility of companies in the High Impact Jobs Program.
Proposed law adds that a company that has 20% or more of La. employees who qualify for
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), shall be ineligible for participation
in the program.
Proposed law further provides that LED shall coordinate with the La. Dept. of Health to
access the required information to implement proposed law.
(Adds R.S. 51:2771(C)(3))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.