Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 89 — DISTRICT ATTORNEYS: Provides relative to certain retirees of the office of the district attorney of the 3rd Judicial District (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 615.

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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 February 05, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 01, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill relates to benefits for certain retirees of the 3rd Judicial District's District Attorney's office.

This legislation modifies provisions related to the retirement benefits of some retirees working in the District Attorney's office of the 3rd Judicial District. It specifically aims to update eligibility or benefit levels for these individuals.

What this means for you
  • Workers: If you are a retiree from the District Attorney's office of the 3rd Judicial District, this bill may affect your retirement benefits.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

34 added · 66 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 89, a line referencing "ACT No. 615" has been removed. This change simplifies the text by eliminating an outdated reference, making the bill clearer. Removing such lines helps ensure the legislation is more straightforward and easier for everyone to understand, which is important for transparency and effective communication.

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HLS 26RS-620 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
89 BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER DISTRICT ATTORNEYS:
89 BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER AN ACT To enact R.S.
Providesrdelatith to retirees of the respective offices of the district attorney of the 3 and 30 Judicial Districts AN ACT To enact R.S.
Whentheretireddistrict attorneyorassistant district attorneyreachesthe age or condition for Medicare eligibility, the retired district attorney or assistant district attorney shall secure Medicare and pursue a supplemental plan.
When the retireddistrict attorneyorassistant district attorneyreachesthe age or condition for Medicare eligibility, the retired district attorney or assistant district attorney shall secure Medicare and pursue a supplemental plan.
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The office of the district attorneyshall continue to paythe retired district attorney's or assistant district attorney's current health insurance premium or the premium for the supplemental plan that is comparable to the present insurance coverage.
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HLS 26RS-620 REENGROSSED HB NO.
89 district attorney's current health insurance premium or the premium for the supplemental plan that is comparable to the present insurance coverage.
As used in this Section, "years of full-time service" means the number of years of creditable service that the retiree had in the District Attorneys' Retirement System, as an assistant district attorney or an elected district attorney.
As used in this Section, "years of full-time service"means the number of years of creditable service that the retiree had in the District Attorneys' Retirement System, as an assistant district attorney or an elected district attorney.
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HB NO.
89 ENROLLED §694.
Whentheretireddistrict attorneyorassistant district attorneyreachesthe age or condition for Medicare eligibility, the retired district attorney or assistant district attorney shall secure Medicare and pursue a supplemental plan.
Whentheretired district attorneyorassistant district attorneyreachesthe age or condition for Medicare eligibility, the retired district attorney or assistant district attorney shall secure Medicare and pursue a supplemental plan.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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HLS 26RS-620 REENGROSSED HB NO.
89 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 89 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Turner Abstract:
Requires the district attorney's office of the 3rd Judicial District and the 30th Judicial District to pay health insurance premiums for eligible retired employees covered by a group health plan.
Proposed law requires the district attorney's office in the 3rd and 30th Judicial Districts to pay up to 100% of a retired employee's health insurance premium comparable to the premium of an active employee's plan of choice.
ProposedlawrequiresaretiredemployeetosecureMedicareandpursueasupplementalplan when the retired employee reaches the age or condition for Medicare eligibility.
Further requiresthedistrictattorney'sofficetocontinuepayingtheretiredemployee'scurrenthealth insurance premium or the premium for the supplemental plan comparable to the present insurance coverage.
Proposed law defines "years of full-time service" as the number of creditable service years in the District Attorneys' Retirement System as an assistant district attorney or an elected district attorney.
Proposed law requiresa retiredemployee to have 24 consecutiveyears of employment with a district attorney's office at the time of retirement for eligibilityof benefits under proposed law.
Proposed law applies only to employees who retire on and after the effective date of proposed law.
(Adds R.S.
16:117 and 694) Summary of Amendments Adopted by House The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1.
Include the 30th Judicial District in the requirement that the district attorney's office pay health insurance premiums for eligible retired employees covered by a group health plan.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 615.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 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 Judiciary B.

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

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

  16. Reported favorably (14-0).

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

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/6/2026.

  19. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 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 (#1434)

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 22005
Democrat 9002
Total 32007
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Not Voting
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#900)

Passed 87 Yea · 5 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6100
Republican 55409
Democrat 26004
Total 875013
% of votes cast 83%5%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 Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 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 Nay
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 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 Nay
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Not Voting
Kathy Edmonston Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Michael Charles Echols Republican Not Voting
Michael Melerine Republican Not Voting
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Not Voting
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
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

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HB 89 is sponsored by Christopher Turner (Republican).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2026. Enacted.
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