HB 35 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

RETIREMENT/SHERIFFS FUND: Provides relative to employer contribution for the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund (EN NO IMPACT APV)

HB 35 amends Louisiana law to adjust employer contributions to the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund. It allows the fund's board to require local governments (sheriffs' employers) to pay up to 3% more than the standard contribution rate. Any surplus funds collected from these higher contributions after 2008 must be credited back to the pension fund account. This directly affects sheriffs' pension funding and local government budgeting for employee retirement costs.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Signed May 11, 2026
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What changed between versions

HB35 Original HB35 Act · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill amends the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund statute to allow the board of trustees to require employer contributions up to three percent higher than the actuarially required rate. It also clarifies that any surplus funds collected when the rate is set higher than the minimum recommended rate must be credited to the fund's deposit account.
Scope change
The bill specifically targets the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund, adding a new provision (subsection c) to the existing funding rules.
FISCAL

Amended the existing rule to explicitly authorize the board of trustees to require employer contributions up to three percent above the standard actuarially required rate.

Added a new requirement stating that all surplus funds collected in years where the contribution rate exceeds the minimum recommended rate must be deposited into the fund's account.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill's title and sponsor list to include Representative Taylor and changed the act number to 43.

Floor votes · Senate May 5, 2026 · House Mar 26, 2026

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 5, 2026
D Democratic12
11 Yea 1
91% Yea
R Republican28
26 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 5, 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 21, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (12-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors