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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 981 establishes the Law Enforcement Retention Incentive Subfund and monthly stipends for campus officers
Last action · May 7, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.Sponsor: Dixon McMakin
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 981 establishes the Law Enforcement Retention Incentive Program to provide monthly stipends to campus law enforcement officers at public postsecondary education institutions. The measure creates a dedicated within the state treasury, sets eligibility rules requiring one year of service and POST certification, and directs remaining recruitment funds to the new subfund upon program termination.
Campus law enforcement officers at public colleges and universities become eligible for monthly state-funded supplemental stipends, and unexpended recruitment funds are redirected into a retention rather than the general fund upon termination on July 1, 2027.
- The Law Enforcement Recruitment Incentive Program was originally established in Louisiana to provide one-time incentive payments to newly employed law enforcement officers. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Law enforcement officers employed at public postsecondary education institutions
Qualifying campus officers become eligible to receive a monthly retention stipend funded from the newly created subfund.
State treasurer
The treasurer is responsible for depositing monies into the subfund, managing investments, and transferring remaining balances upon program termination.
Public postsecondary education institutions
Institutional chiefs of police must approve and certify warrants drawn on the state treasury to disburse monthly stipends to eligible employees.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
8 actions- May 7, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- May 6, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- May 5, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseReported with amendments (15-0).
Show 2 earlier actions
- Mar 18, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Mar 17, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title. Lies over under the rules.
Version history
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Redirecting Surplus Recruitment Funds to Campus Retention
The legislation modifies prior plans that would have swept unspent recruitment monies into the general fund by instead dedicating them to a new retention subfund for campus police.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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