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LA HB 48

enacted

RETIREMENT/SHERIFFS FUND: Provides relative to membership in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did LA HB 48 pass?

Yes. LA HB 48 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-11): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 46.

What is LA HB 48 about?

LA HB 48 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “RETIREMENT/SHERIFFS FUND: Provides relative to membership in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 48?

Tony Bacala is the primary sponsor of LA HB 48.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-11 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 46.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Tony Bacalaprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-11

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 46.

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  2. 2026-05-11

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. 2026-05-07

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. 2026-05-07

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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  5. 2026-05-06

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

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  6. 2026-05-06

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

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  7. 2026-05-05

    Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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  8. 2026-04-22

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

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  9. 2026-04-21

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-04-20

    Reported favorably.

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  11. 2026-03-31

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Retirement.

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  12. 2026-03-30

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

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  13. 2026-03-26

    Read 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.

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  14. 2026-03-25

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.

  15. 2026-03-24

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

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  16. 2026-03-23

    Reported with amendments (12-0).

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  17. 2026-03-09

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

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  18. 2026-01-23

    Prefiled.

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  19. 2026-01-23

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.

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  20. 2026-01-23

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.

Versions

  • House Committee Amendment, #1998, RET, DraftCompare
  • House Committee Amendment, #2068, RET, AdoptedCompare
  • House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1113, Horton, AdoptedCompare
  • House Floor Amendment, #2502, Bacala, AdoptedCompare
  • HB48 OriginalCompare
  • HB48 EngrossedCompare
  • HB48 ReengrossedCompare
  • HB48 EnrolledCompare
  • HB48 ActCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE (#122)

    2026-03-26 · pass · 93-0

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Farnum: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Firment: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Amedee: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • McMahen: yes
    • Bacala: yes
    • Fontenot: yes
    • McMakin: yes
    • Bamburg: yes
    • Freiberg: yes
    • Melerine: yes
    • Beaullieu: yes
    • Gadberry: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Berault: yes
    • Galle: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Billings: yes
    • Glorioso: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Bourriaque: yes
    • Hebert: yes
    • Muscarello: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Henry, C.: yes
    • Newell: yes
    • Boyer: yes
    • Henry, D.: yes
    • Orgeron: yes
    • Brass: yes
    • Hilferty: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Broussard: yes
    • Horton: yes
    • Phelps: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Illg: yes
    • Riser: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Carlson: yes
    • Johnson, M.: yes
    • Schlegel: yes
    • Carrier: yes
    • Johnson, T.: yes
    • St. Blanc: yes
    • Carter, R.: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Stagni: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Kerner: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Chassion: yes
    • Knox: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Chenevert: yes
    • LaCombe: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Coates: yes
    • LaFleur: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Cox: yes
    • Landry, J.: yes
    • Ventrella: yes
    • Crews: yes
    • Landry, M.: yes
    • Villio: yes
    • Deshotel: yes
    • Landry, T.: yes
    • Walters: yes
    • Dewitt: yes
    • Larvadain: yes
    • Wilder: yes
    • Domangue: yes
    • Lyons: yes
    • Wiley: yes
    • Echols: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • Wyble: yes
    • Edmonston: yes
    • Marcelle: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Egan: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Zeringue: yes
    • Bagley: other
    • Carter, W.: other
    • Schamerhorn: other
    • Bayham: other
    • Dickerson: other
    • Spell: other
    • Braud: other
    • Freeman: other
    • Thomas: other
    • Carpenter: other
    • Geymann: other
    • Wright: other
  • FINAL PASSAGE (#573)

    2026-05-05 · pass · 36-0

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Fesi: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Abraham: yes
    • Foil: yes
    • Mizell: yes
    • Allain: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Barrow: yes
    • Hensgens: yes
    • Myers: yes
    • Barthelemy: yes
    • Hodges: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Bass: yes
    • Jackson-Andrews: yes
    • Pressly: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Kleinpeter: yes
    • Seabaugh: yes
    • Cathey: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Stine: yes
    • Cloud: yes
    • Luneau: yes
    • Talbot: yes
    • Duplessis: yes
    • McMath: yes
    • Wheat: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Miguez: yes
    • Womack: yes
    • Connick: other
    • Reese: other
    • Selders: other

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