HB 450 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to points awarded to veterans in competitive fire and police civil service employment

HB 450 adds five points to the final test score of veterans applying for entry-level firefighter or police positions in Louisiana civil service. It applies to veterans who served 180+ days honorably during wartime and received an honorable discharge, as verified by the hiring board. The bill modifies existing law (sections 33:2491(E) and 33:2551(5)) to include this scoring adjustment for competitive employment lists. This change directly affects veterans seeking these public safety jobs by potentially improving their ranking in hiring processes.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 26, 2026 Signed May 15, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB450 Original → HB450 Act · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the legislative record for HB 450, changing its status from an original draft to an enrolled act and adding multiple sponsors. The substantive policy regarding veteran points remains unchanged, but the text now includes a specific requirement that service must be for 'times of war or for one hundred eighty days or more,' clarifying the duration threshold.

Scope change

The bill's scope of applicability to veterans remains the same, but the text was expanded to explicitly include the '180 days or more' duration as a qualifying condition alongside 'times of war.'

SCOPE

Added Senators Barrow, Carter, Connick, Edmonds, Henry, Jackson-Andrews, Jenkins, Kleinpeter, Price, Stine, and Wheat as co-sponsors to the bill.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified the service requirement by adding 'or for one hundred eighty days or more' to the condition for awarding points to veterans.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document header to reflect the bill as 'ENROLLED' and 'ACT No. 160' rather than 'ORIGINAL'.

Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2026 · House Apr 15, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

May 7, 2026

D Democratic12

10 Yea 2

83% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 7, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Apr 27, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

Apr 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (11-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

lower

1 primary · 11 co-sponsors