Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 18 R · 13 D cosponsors

HB 12 — LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Extends surviving spouse benefits for a reserve officer killed in the line of duty (EN +$250,000 GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 608.

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 02, 2026.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 31 sponsors

    1 primary, 30 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (18 R · 13 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

Extends benefits for the surviving spouses of reserve officers killed in the line of duty.

This bill provides financial benefits to the surviving spouses of reserve police officers who die while on duty. It aims to support families during challenging times following such losses.

What this means for you
  • Families: This means surviving spouses of reserve officers killed in the line of duty may receive extended financial benefits.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

23 added · 29 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 12, a specific reference to "ACT No. 608" has been removed. This change simplifies the bill by eliminating outdated legal references that may no longer apply. It helps ensure that the legislation is clear and relevant, making it easier for everyone to understand and follow.

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HLS 26RS-350 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
12 BY REPRESENTATIVE VILLIO LAWENFORCE/OFFICERS:
12 BY REPRESENTATIVES VILLIO, ADAMS, BACALA, BOUDREAUX, BRAUD, BUTLER, WILFORD CARTER, CHASSION, DEWITT, DICKERSON, DOMANGUE,ECHOLS,FISHER,FREEMAN,FREIBERG,GREEN,HILFERTY, HORTON, ILLG, JACKSON, MIKE JOHNSON, KNOX, LACOMBE, MARCELLE,MARTINEZ,MURRAY,PHELPS,SCHLEGEL,TAYLOR,WILEY, AND WYBLE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Extendssurvivingspousebenefitsforareserveofficerkilled in the line of duty AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
to provide for payment of surviving spouse benefits for reserveand auxiliarylaw enforcementofficers killed in the line of duty;
to provide for payment of surviving spouse benefits for reserveand auxiliarylaw enforcementofficerskilled in the line of duty;
InadditiontotheprovisionsofSubsectionAofthisSection,thesurviving spouse or child of a law enforcement officer who is a commissioned law enforcementofficerandwhois certifiedbytheCouncilonPeaceOfficersStandards and Training or is a reserve or auxiliary law enforcement officer at the time of his death shall be entitled to the payments provided for in Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section, if either of the following occur:
InadditiontotheprovisionsofSubsectionAofthisSection,thesurviving spouse or child of a law enforcement officer who is a commissioned law enforcement officer and who is certified by the Council on Peace Officers Officer Standards and Training or is a reserve or auxiliary law enforcement officer at the time of his death shall be entitled to the payments provided for in Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section, if either of the following occur:
(1) The officer was traveling to or from a public safety emergency or was responding to a request for law enforcement assistance regarding the health, safety, or welfare of the public.
HLS 26RS-350 ENGROSSED HB NO.
HB NO.
12 (1) The officer was traveling to or from a public safety emergency or was responding to a request for law enforcement assistance regarding the health, safety, or welfare of the public.
12 ENROLLED (2) The officer was traveling to or from his residence and his authorized workareawhileusingalawenforcementvehicleprovidedbyhisemployingagency.
(2) The officer was traveling to or from his residence and his authorized workareawhileusingalawenforcementvehicleprovidedbyhisemployingagency.
* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
* * * DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
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It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 12 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Villio Abstract:
Extends survival benefits to the surviving spouse of a reserve or auxiliary law enforcement officer.
Present law provides for $250,000 in survivor benefits to the spouse or other legal survivor of a fireman or law enforcement officer in certain circumstances.
Proposed law retains present law and extends survivor benefits to the spouse or other legal survivor of a reserve or auxiliary law enforcement officer.
(Amends R.S.
40:1665.2(F)) Page 2 of 2 CODING:
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 608.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported favorably.

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  13. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. Reported favorably (15-0).

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.

  19. Prefiled.

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 30 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (30)

Not signed on (116)

116 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#1209)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 27000
Democrat 10001
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#723)

Passed 102 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 30000
Republican 66002
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 102003
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Not Voting
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 12?
HB 12 is sponsored by John E. Wyble (Republican), Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Tammy T. Phelps (Democrat), Ed Murray (Democrat), Chasity Martinez (Democrat), Jeremy LaCombe (Republican), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Mike Johnson (Republican), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Jessica Domangue (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Jacob Braud (Republican), Doyle Boudreaux (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Debbie Villio (Republican), and Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 12?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2026. Enacted.
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