Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 8 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 13 — RETIREMENT/STATE POLICE: Provides relative to amortization bases within the Louisiana State Police Retirement System (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 20.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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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 April 27, 2026.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence
  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (8 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

102 added · 139 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 13, a reference to "ACT No. 20" has been removed. This could mean that the provisions connected to that specific act are no longer relevant or necessary for this bill. Understanding these changes can help clarify the bill's focus and implications for current laws and regulations.

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HLS 26RS-423 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
13 BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN RETIREMENT/STATE POLICE:
13 BY REPRESENTATIVES MCMAKIN, BAYHAM, BILLINGS, WILFORD CARTER, ILLG, JACOB LANDRY, OWEN, SCHAMERHORN, AND THOMPSON AN ACT To amend and reenactR.S.
Provides relative to amortization bases within the Louisiana State Police Retirement System AN ACT To amend and reenactR.S.
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* * * (c) Except as provided in R.S.
11:102.1 and 102.2 and Paragraph (F)(2) of thisSection,thatfiscalyear'spayment,computedasofthefirstofthatfiscalyearand projected to the middle of that fiscal year at the actuarially assumed interest rate, necessaryto amortizetheprioryear'soveror underpayment as a level dollar amount over a period of five years.
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13 (c) Except as provided in R.S.
13 ENROLLED F.(1)(a) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and in R.S.
11:102.1 and 102.2 and Paragraph (F)(2) of thisSection,thatfiscalyear'spayment,computedasofthefirstofthatfiscalyearand projected to the middle of that fiscal year at the actuarially assumed interest rate, necessaryto amortizethe prior year's over or underpayment asaleveldollaramount over a period of five years.
* * * F.(1)(a) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and in R.S.
(2)(a)(i) NotwithstandingtheprovisionsofParagraph(1)ofthisSubsection, effectivefortheJunethirtiethvaluationfollowingthefiscalyearinwhichthesystem firstattainsafundedpercentageofseventyormorepursuanttoR.S.11:1332andfor everyyearthereafter,the amortization period for the changes, gains, or losses of the system provided in Items (B)(3)(d)(i) through (iv) of this Section occurring in that year or thereafter shall be twenty years from the year in which the change, gain, or loss occurred.
(2)(a)(i) NotwithstandingtheprovisionsofParagraph(1)ofthisSubsection, effectivefortheJunethirtiethvaluationfollowingthefiscalyearinwhichthesystem firstattainsafundedpercentageofseventyormorepursuantto R.S.
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11:1332 andfor everyyear thereafter,the amortization period for the changes, gains, or losses of the system provided in Items (B)(3)(d)(i) through (iv) of this Section occurring in that year or thereafter shall be twenty years from the year in which the change, gain, or loss occurred.
(ii) NotwithstandingtheprovisionsofSubparagraph(B)(3)(c)ofthisSection tothecontrary,theamortizationperiodfortheprioryear'soverorunderpaymentfor the June 30, 2027, 2028, and 2029, valuations shall be twenty years.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph to the contrary, the amortization period for the changes, gains, or losses of the system provided in Subparagraphs (B)(3)(c) and (d) Page 2 of 4 CODING:
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13 (ii) NotwithstandingtheprovisionsofSubparagraph(B)(3)(c)ofthisSection tothecontrary,theamortizationperiodfortheprioryear'soverorunderpaymentfor the June 30, 2027, 2028, and 2029, valuations shall be twenty years.
13 ENROLLED of this Section with payments beginning July 1, 2030, or thereafter shall be fifteen years from the year in which the change, gain, or loss occurred.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph to the contrary, the amortization period for the changes, gains, or losses of the system provided in Subparagraphs (B)(3)(c) and (d) of this Section with payments beginning July 1, 2030, or thereafter shall be fifteen years from the year in which the change, gain, or loss occurred.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, effectivefortheJune30, 2023, system valuationandbeginningJuly1,2024,forany fiscal year in which the projected aggregate employer contribution rate decreases, the AFC rate shall increase by the lesser of one-half of the amount of the decrease in the projectedaggregate employer contribution rate determined under this Section or the amount necessary for the AFC rate to equal two and one-half percent.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, effectivefortheJune30,2023,systemvaluationandbeginningJuly1,2024,forany fiscal year in which the projected aggregate employer contribution rate decreases, the AFC rate shall increase by the lesser of one-half of the amount of the decrease in the projected aggregate employer contribution rate determined under this Section or the amount necessary for the AFC rate to equal two and one-half percent.
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(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, beginning with Fiscal Year 2027-2028, the required employer contribution rate for agivenyearshall not belessthanthe projectedemployer normal costdividedbythe projected payroll of the active members of the system for the fiscal year plus the AFC rate for that year.
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13 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, beginning with Fiscal Year 2027-2028, the required employer contribution rate for agivenyearshall not belessthantheprojectedemployer normal cost dividedbythe projected payroll of the active members of the system for the fiscal year plus the AFC rate for that year.
13 ENROLLED §1332.1.
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11:102(F)(4)R.S.11:102(F)(3)thatwouldcausetheaccountbalanceto exceed thisreserveifdepositedin theaccountshallbeappliedasprovidedinR.S.11:102.4.
11:102(F)(4)R.S.11:102(F)(3)thatwouldcausetheaccountbalanceto exceed this reserveifdepositedintheaccountshallbeappliedasprovidedinR.S.
11:102.4.
The cost of this Act, if any, shall be funded with additional employer contributions in compliancewith Article X, Section 29(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
The cost of this Act, if any, shall be funded with additional employer contributions in compliance with Article X, Section 29(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
If vetoed bythe governorand subsequentlyapprovedbythe legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.
If vetoed bythe governorand subsequentlyapproved bythe legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.
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13 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
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 13 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session McMakin Abstract:
Provides relative to the determination of employer contributions and amortization bases for the Louisiana State Police Retirement System.
Present law provides for determination of employer contributions for each state retirement system,includingtheLa.StatePoliceRetirementSystem (LSPRS).
Providesrelativetothe amortization of changes, gains, and losses of each system.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law, relative to LSPRS, provides for a five-yearamortization period for anyover or under payment in the prior year.
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Provides for a 20-year amortization period for other changes, gains, and losses.
Proposed law provides for amortization of over or under payments over 20 years beginning with the June 30, 2027, actuarial valuation.
Provides for consolidation of all existing amortization bases beginning July 1, 2029.
Proposedlawprovidesforamortizationofthatconsolidatedbasewithlevel-dollarpayments over the 20-year period ending in 2049.
Provides for a 15-year amortization period for all changes, gains, or losses beginning in 2030.
Proposed law, beginning in Fiscal Year 2027-2028, sets a minimum employer contribution rate.
Specifiesthatthe required employer contribution rate for a given yearshall not be less than the projected employer normal cost divided by the projected payroll of all active members of the system for the fiscal year plus the permanent benefit increase account funding contribution (AFC) rate for that year.
Proposed law requires that any cost of proposed law be funded with additional employer contributions in compliance with present constitution (Art.
X, Sec.
29(F)).
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S.
11:102(B)(3)(c) and (F) and 1332.1(B)(1)(b) and (d)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Retirement to the original bill:
1.
Change the date of the consolidation of amortization bases.
2.
Make technical changes.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 20.

  2. Effective date: 04/30/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 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 Retirement.

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, 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 04/01/2026.

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

  16. Reported with amendments (10-0).

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

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

  19. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (138)

138 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#437)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 27000
Democrat 8003
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
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 (#253)

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6001
Republican 65003
Democrat 27003
Total 98007
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Galle — 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 13?
HB 13 is sponsored by Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), and Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 13?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2026. Enacted.
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