TEACHERS RETIREMENT: Provides relative to the determination of employer contributions and amortization of certain actuarial gains. (gov sig) (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
SB 13 modifies how Louisiana's Teachers' Retirement System calculates employer contributions and handles investment returns. It changes the method for applying excess investment returns to reduce the system's debt, specifically requiring reamortization (resetting payment schedules) when the system reaches 80% funding or every five years starting in 2019. This affects the state's payments into the retirement fund and directly impacts public school teachers' retirement benefits. The bill repeals outdated calculation rules and clarifies how future contributions will be applied to the system's debt.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Jan 23, 2026
Signed May 15, 2026
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MODERATE
This bill amends the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana by updating the rules for calculating 'secondary priority amounts' from investment returns and repealing previous sections regarding amortization. The changes clarify how excess returns can be used to pay down debt and establish specific conditions under which the system's remaining liability must be re-amortized, including a new trigger when the system reaches an 80% funded status.
Scope change
The bill modifies the specific statutory sections governing the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, removing old provisions and replacing them with updated calculations for funding and debt repayment.
FISCAL
Updated the definition of 'secondary priority amount' to specify how excess investment returns are applied to the system's amortization base and when those provisions terminate.
REQUIREMENT
Added a new requirement to re-amortize the system's remaining liability if the system first reaches an 80% funded percentage, effective after the fiscal year this occurs.
Established a recurring rule to re-amortize the remaining liability every fifth fiscal year starting in the 2019-2020 period.
Repealed previous sections that governed secondary priority amounts and specific amortization rules to replace them with the new, clearer language.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 24, 2026 · House May 12, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Mar 24, 2026
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican28
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 6, 2026
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Retirement.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ed Price
DDemocratic
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