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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 34 Modifies Sheriffs' Pension Retirement Eligibility
Last action · May 11, 2026: Effective date: 05/11/2026.Sponsors: Jeff Wiley and 2 others
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana House Bill 34 allows certain Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund members hired on or after January 1, 2012, to elect an retirement benefit if they are over fifty years of age with at least thirty years of .
Members of the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund who meet specific age and service thresholds gain a new retirement benefit election option upon submitting a written application to the board of trustees.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund members
Members hired on or after January 1, 2012, gain the option to elect an actuarial equivalent retirement benefit if they meet age and service thresholds.
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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. 42.
- May 11, 2026HouseEffective date: 05/11/2026.
- 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 34 yeas and 1 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. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, 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, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (11-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
- Jan 23, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.
- Jan 22, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Jan 22, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.
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