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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 48 sets employer rules for Sheriffs' Pension Fund and retirement options for court criers
Last action · May 11, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Tony Bacala
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana House Bill 48 requires employing agencies of Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund members to follow the same employer responsibilities and contribution rules as sheriffs, starting August 1, 2026. The act also allows Louisiana Supreme Court s currently in another retirement system to switch to the sheriffs' fund by September 30, 2026, and prohibits individuals from receiving benefits from both the pension fund and R.S. 13:75 simultaneously.
The measure establishes mandatory employer enforcement and withholding actions for delinquent retirement contributions while giving specific court s a one-time window to choose between public retirement systems.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Employing agencies of fund members
Agencies employing members of the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund must comply with employer remittance responsibilities and face fund withholding penalties for delinquency.
Louisiana Supreme Court criers
Criers are given specific options and deadlines to elect membership in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund or remain in another public retirement system.
Pension fund beneficiaries
Individuals receiving benefits from the pension fund are prohibited from simultaneously receiving benefits under R.S. 13:75.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What deadline do Louisiana Supreme Court criers have to switch to the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund?
What happens if an employer fails to remit retirement contributions to the fund?
Can a person receive a benefit from the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund and R.S. 13:75 at the same time?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 11, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 46.
- May 11, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 7, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 7, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 6, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 6, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- May 5, 2026SenateFloorRead by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Retirement.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseReported with amendments (12-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
- Jan 23, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Jan 23, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.
- Jan 23, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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