Survivors' benefits.
Summary
Provides that a participant in the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan (EG&C plan) who dies after January 31, 2018, is not required to have a minimum number of years of creditable service in the EG&C plan at the time of the participant's death in order for the participant's nominated survivor to be entitled to receive survivors' benefits. Provides that if a participant in the EG&C plan dies in the line of duty after January 31, 2018, the participant's nominated survivor is entitled to an annual survivors' allowance for life equal to 100% of the amount to which the participant would have been entitled had the participant retired with 25 years of service at 50 years of age. Provides that in the EG&C plan if: (1) an active participant regardless of the participant's years of creditable service and (2) an inactive participant with at least 15 years of creditable service dies other than in the line of duty after January 31, 2018, the participant's nominated survivor is entitled to an annual survivors' allowance for life equal to 50% of the amount to which the participant would have been entitled had the participant retired with 25 years of service at 50 years of age. Makes technical corrections. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Signed Mar 11, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2020 · House Feb 25, 2020
How they voted
41–0
Passed
Total votes 41
Jan 28, 2020
D
Democratic8
100% Yea
R
Republican33
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 11, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Feb 26, 2020
Introduced
Returned to the Senate without amendments
lower
Feb 25, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (87-0-5)
house
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (41-0)
senate
Jan 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
upper
4 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Aaron Freeman
RRepublican
P
Jack E. Sandlin
RRepublican
P
Phil Boots
RRepublican
P
WB
Woody Burton
RRepublican
Co
Blake Doriot
RRepublican
Co
David Niezgodski
DDemocratic
Co
Dennis Kruse
RRepublican
Co
DS
Dollyne Sherman
RRepublican
Co
Erin Houchin
RRepublican
Co
Ethan Manning
RRepublican
Co
J.D. Ford
DDemocratic
Co
Jean Breaux
DDemocratic
Co
John Crane
RRepublican
Co
JR
John Ruckelshaus
RRepublican
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