2026 LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE SESSION

The 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature began on Monday, March 9, 2026, and is scheduled to conclude no later than 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 1, 2026.

Throughout the Session, LASERS will monitor proposed legislation that could impact our members and the System. Below is a list of bills that would have an impact, if passed.

How a Retirement Bill Becomes Law in Louisiana

Infographic titled ‘Retirement Bill Process in Louisiana’ showing seven steps: bill drafted and prefiled, committee hearing, chamber debate and vote, opposite chamber repeats committee and floor process, concurrence, and governor’s desk, each with a brief explanatory sentence and icon.

2026 Retirement Legislation Impacting LASERS

Updated: 05.29.26

Bill No.	Author	Systems Impacted	Summary	Status	Board Position
HB 4	McMakin	State & Statewide	Directs legislative committees to discuss a potential future constitutional convention, as amended.	Senate & Governmental Affairs – Failed	Oppose
HB 8	Bacala	State & Statewide	Extends legislative staff authorization to attend executive meetings from one year to four years.	Signed by the Governor – *Act 19*	Neutral
HB 23	Bacala	LASERS	Grants a cost-of-living adjustment to eligible retirees and beneficiaries.	Signed by the Governor – *Act 280*	Support
HB 27	McMakin	State	Constitutional amendment removing the requirement to apply monies to the oldest outstanding UAL.	Enrolled	Neutral
HB 32	Egan	LASERS	Provides technical changes to LASERS statutes.	Signed by the Governor – *Act 25*	Support
HB 43	Bagley	LASERS	Allows rank-and-file members to retire with 35 years of service regardless of age or first date of employment.	House Retirement – Voluntarily Deferred	Support
HB 45	Bacala	LASERS & MPERS	Requires certain employees who qualify for the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System (MPERS) nonhazardous duty plan to transfer from LASERS to MPERS.	Adopted in House Concurrence	Neutral
HB 312	McFarland	State	Makes a supplemental appropriation of $59,986,989 to LASERS to reduce the System’s UAL.	Adopted in House Concurrence	Support
HB 830	Wright	LASERS	Provides for the regulation of proxy advisors.	Recommitted to House Appropriations	Oppose
HB 1134	Braud	LASERS	Creates a Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program for certain judges in LASERS.	Enrolled	Oppose
SB 15	Price	All	Amends the required reports retirement systems submit to the Legislature.	Withdrawn from the files of the Senate	Support
SB 16	Price	All	Decreases the required educational hours for board trustees.	Signed by the Governor – *Act 226*	Neutral
SB 19	Price	LASERS	Changes “State Employee Retired” license plate to “RSEA.”	Signed by the Governor – *Act 198*	Neutral
SB 21	Price	LASERS	Terminates amortization hurdles once original amortization base is liquidated.	Signed by the Governor – *Act 230*	Support
SB 416	Price	LASERS	Allows for reemployment of retirees in critical shortage positions within the Department of Public Safety & Corrections, under defined conditions.	Signed by the Governor – *Act 263*	Neutral
SB 455	Talbot	LASERS & PERS	Allows certain court employees to join the Parochial Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), including an irrevocable option for current members to join PERS.	*Signed by the Governor – Act 266***	Neutral
SB 456	Talbot	LASERS	Relative to retired judges who return to work on assignment.	Signed by the Governor – *Act 267*	Neutral
SB 477	Pricet	LASERS	Establishes an exception to existing law to allow the chair of the Gaming Control Board to be eligible for membership in LASERS.	Signed by the Governor – *Act 269*	Neutral
SR 141	Hodges	All	Requests state retirement systems to study and make recommendations regarding the divestment and future avoidance of investments tied to the Chinese government, military, or Communist Party.	Senate Floor – Adopted