Louisiana authorizes elderly pension protection and financial guidance program for seniors

Original title: CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for consumer protection for the elderly (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Last action · June 12, 2026: Vetoed by the Governor.Sponsors: Delisha Boyd and 21 others

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What This Bill Proposed

Louisiana authorizes the Office of Elderly Affairs to create an educational program and materials on pension protection, financial product navigation, and scam prevention for residents aged 60 and older, implemented within existing resources.

Why it matters

Residents aged 60 and older gain access to state-developed educational resources regarding retirement income management and without requiring additional state tax appropriations.

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.

Directly affected

Persons aged 60 and older

Senior residents may access new educational materials and resources regarding pension management, financial products, and scam prevention.

Directly affected

Caregivers

Caregivers of seniors are eligible to receive educational resources and guidance on effective retirement income management and exploitation prevention.

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Office of Elderly Affairs

The agency is authorized to develop, coordinate, and distribute the pension protection and retirement income guidance program within existing resources.

Key Facts

The Office of Elderly Affairs is authorized to create the Pension Protection and Retirement Income Support and Guidance program for state residents aged 60 and older.
Program materials may cover pension protection, income optimization, explanations of financial products marketed to seniors, and unexpected hardship mitigation.
The program must include warning signs of scams, fraud, and exploitation targeting seniors, along with prevention tactics.
Materials are to include contact information for state agencies, legal aid organizations, dedicated hotlines, and charities.

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The Office of Elderly Affairs may distribute materials through existing websites, simple navigation menus, or other platforms reasonably calculated to reach seniors.
The program must be implemented using existing resources and existing federal, nonprofit, or private educational resources without requiring additional appropriations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible for the Pension Protection and Retirement Income Support and Guidance program?

The program is for the benefit of persons of sixty years of age or older in the state, as well as their caregivers.

Does this bill require new state spending or appropriations?

No. The provisions must be implemented subject to the availability of existing resources and do not require additional appropriations.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Vetoed by the governor.

Procedural history

21 actions

Jun 12, 2026House
Vetoed by the Governor.
May 28, 2026House
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
May 27, 2026HouseEnrolled
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
May 27, 2026SenateEnrolled
Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 26, 2026SenateFloor
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
May 26, 2026House
Received from the Senate without amendments.

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May 25, 2026SenateFloor
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
May 21, 2026SenateIntroduced
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 20, 2026SenateCommittee
Reported favorably.
May 12, 2026SenateCommittee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
May 11, 2026Senate
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
May 7, 2026HouseFloor
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
May 6, 2026HouseFloor
Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
May 6, 2026House
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
May 5, 2026HouseCommittee
Reported favorably (18-0).
Mar 31, 2026HouseIntroduced
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
Mar 30, 2026House
Reported with amendments (12-0).
Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroduced
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Feb 27, 2026House
Prefiled.
Feb 27, 2026HouseCommittee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Feb 27, 2026House
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

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