RETIREMENT/STATE POLICE: Provides relative to amortization bases within the Louisiana State Police Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
HB 13 modifies how the Louisiana State Police Retirement System manages pension costs by changing amortization periods for past and future underpayments. It shortens the timeframe for spreading out payments from 30 years to 20 or 15 years under certain conditions (e.g., when the system reaches 70% funding or for specific valuation years). The bill also establishes a new "AFC rate" starting at 0% for benefit increases, with potential increases up to 2.5% if employer contributions decrease, and sets a minimum employer contribution rate starting in 2027-2028. These changes directly affect the state’s budget for the State Police Retirement System and the future retirement benefits of state police officers.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 16, 2026
Signed Apr 30, 2026
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MODERATE
This bill expands the legislative body responsible for amending the Louisiana State Police Retirement System from a single representative to a bipartisan group of eight representatives. It also updates the legal citations to include a new statute (R.S. 1332.1) and adjusts the effective date references for certain amendments, though the core operational rules regarding amortization periods and contribution rates appear to remain substantively unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope of legislative sponsorship was expanded to include seven additional representatives, and the legal references were updated to include a new statute, R.S. 1332.1.
REQUIREMENT
Added seven additional representatives (Bayham, Billings, Wilford Carter, Illg, Jacob Landry, Owen, Schamerhorn, and Thompson) to the list of bill sponsors.
Updated the legal citations to include R.S. 1332.1(B)(1)(b) and (d) in addition to the existing R.S. 11:102 citations.
TIMELINE
Adjusted the effective date references and page numbering in the text to align with the new enrolled version of the act.
TECHNICAL
Removed the original single sponsor name and the 'Original' document header, replacing them with the 'Enrolled' status and new sponsor list.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2026 · House Apr 1, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Apr 22, 2026
D
Democratic12
75% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Apr 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 14, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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