Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 33 — RETIREMENT/SHERIFFS FUND: Provides relative to participation in the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund (EN INCREASE FC SG EX)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 282.

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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 22, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 22, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 92% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill modifies participation rules in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund.

This legislation alters the criteria for joining the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund. It aims to update the program to better suit the needs of sheriffs and their retirement planning.

What this means for you
  • Workers: This means sheriffs may have more flexible or beneficial retirement options through the updated program.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

22 added · 40 removed

Plain-language change summary

In Bill HB 33, the reference to "ACT No. 282" has been removed. This change is important because it clears up any confusion about what legislation is being referenced, making the bill clearer and easier to understand. Removing outdated or unrelated references helps ensure that everyone knows exactly what the bill is addressing, which is crucial for effective discussion and decision-making.

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HLS 26RS-309 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
33 BY REPRESENTATIVES WILEY, BRASS, AND TAYLOR RETIREMENT/SHERIFFSFUND:
33 BY REPRESENTATIVES WILEY, BRASS, AND TAYLOR AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
ProvidesrelativetoparticipationintheBack-Deferred Retirement Option Program in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
to providerelativeto theBack-DeferredRetirementOptionPlan;toallowforafive- year participation period in certain circumstances;
toproviderelativeto theBack-DeferredRetirementOptionPlan;toallowforafive- year participation period in certain circumstances;
(2) Exceptasotherwiseprovidedin this Subsection, theBack-DROPperiod shallnotexceedthelesserofthirty-sixmonthsorthenumberofmonthsofcreditable service accrued after the member first became eligible for regular retirement.
(2) Exceptasotherwiseprovidedin thisSubsection,theBack-DROPperiod shallnotexceedthelesserofthirty-sixmonthsorthenumberofmonthsofcreditable service accrued after the member first became eligible for regular retirement.
(3) However, members who have A member who has at least thirtyor more years of service but less than thirty-five years of service may select a Back-DROP Page 1 of 2 CODING:
(3) However, members who have A member who has at least thirtyor more years of service but less than thirty-five years of service may select a Back-DROP period not to exceed the lesser of forty-eight months or the number of months of creditable service accrued after the member first became eligible for regular Page 1 of 2 CODING:
HLS 26RS-309 ENGROSSED HB NO.
HB NO.
33 period not to exceed the lesser of forty-eight months or the number of months of creditable service accrued after the member first became eligible for regular retirement.
33 ENROLLED retirement.
DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
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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 33 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Wiley Abstract:
Provides relative to participation in the Back-DeferredRetirement Option Plan.
Present law provides for a Back-Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Back-DROP) for membersoftheSheriffs'PensionandReliefFund(SPRF)whoareeligibleto retire.
Allows a member who has accrued sufficient service credit to make an irrevocable election to receive a monthly benefit that is less than the maximum plus a lump sum Back-DROP benefit.
Provides for calculation of the monthlybenefit and the lump sum.
Present law allows for a 36-month maximum Back-DROP period for a member with less than 30 years of service credit.
Allows a member with 30 or more years of service credit to select a Back-DROP period of up to 48 months.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law allows a member with 35 or more years of service credit to select a Back- DROP period of up to 60 months.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S.
11:2178.1(B)) Page 2 of 2 CODING:
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 282.

  2. Effective date: 05/22/2026.

  3. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 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 by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  12. Reported favorably.

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Retirement.

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

  15. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.

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

  18. Reported favorably (13-0).

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.

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

  21. Prefiled.

  22. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (144)

144 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 (#960)

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25002
Democrat 8003
Total 34005
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
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 Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 (#117)

Passed 91 Yea · 1 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6100
Republican 580010
Democrat 27003
Total 911013
% of votes cast 87%1%0%12%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 33?
HB 33 is sponsored by Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Ken Brass (Democrat), and Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 33?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2026. Enacted.
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