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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6Enacted
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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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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9 sponsors
1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (8 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.
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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 removedPlain-language change summary
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HLSENROLLED 26RS-423 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
13 BY REPRESENTATIVEREPRESENTATIVES MCMAKINMCMAKIN, RETIREMENT/STATEBAYHAM, POLICE: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.
* * * Page(c) 1Except ofas 5provided CODING: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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HLS 26RS-423 ENGROSSED HB NO.
13 (c)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.11:1332andforfirstattainsafundedpercentageofseventyormorepursuantto everyyearthereafter,theR.S. 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.
Page11:1332 2andfor everyyear thereafter,the amortization period for the changes, gains, or losses of 5the CODING: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:
HLS 26RS-423 ENGROSSED HB NO.
13 (ii)ENROLLED NotwithstandingtheprovisionsofSubparagraph(B)(3)(c)ofthisSectionof tothecontrary,theamortizationperiodfortheprioryear'soverorunderpaymentforthis theSection Junewith 30,payments 2027,beginning 2028,July and1, 2029,2030, valuationsor thereafter shall be twentyfifteen years.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,effectivefortheJune30,2023,systemvaluationandbeginningJuly1,2024,forany 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 projectedaggregateprojected aggregate employer contribution rate determined under this Section or the amount necessary for the AFC rate to equal two and one-half percent.
Page(4) 3Notwithstanding any other provision of 5this CODING: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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HLS 26RS-423 ENGROSSED HB NO.
13 (4)ENROLLED Notwithstanding§1332.1. 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.
* * * §1332.1.
11:102(F)(4)R.S.11:102(F)(3)thatwouldcausetheaccountbalanceto exceed thisreserveifdepositedinthis theaccountshallbeappliedasprovidedinR.S.11:102.4.reserveifdepositedintheaccountshallbeappliedasprovidedinR.S.
11:102.4.
The cost of this Act, if any, shall be funded with additional employer contributions in compliancewithcompliance with Article X, Section 29(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
If vetoed bythe governorand subsequentlyapprovedbythesubsequentlyapproved bythe legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.
PageSPEAKER 4OF ofTHE 5HOUSE CODING:OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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HLS 26RS-423 ENGROSSED HB NO.
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:
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Change the date of the consolidation of amortization bases.
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Make technical changes.
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- Enrolled HB13 Enrolled Current pdf
- Engrossed HB13 Engrossed pdf
- HB13 Act View text pdf
- HB13 Original View text pdf
Amendments
2 amendments- House Committee Amendment, #2521, RET, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- House Committee Amendment, #1642, RET, Draft Show changes
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Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 20.
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Effective date: 04/30/2026.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Retirement.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported with amendments (10-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.
Sponsors
- Francis C. Thompson · Cosponsor
- Rodney Schamerhorn · Cosponsor
- Charles Owen · Cosponsor
- Jacob Jules Landry · Cosponsor
- John R. Illg Jr. · Cosponsor
- Wilford Carter Sr. · Cosponsor
- Beth Anne Billings · Cosponsor
- Michael Robert Bayham Jr. · Cosponsor
- Dixon Wallace McMakin · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican
Co-sponsors (8)
- 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
Not signed on (138)
138 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 138 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 65 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 98 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| 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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