LA HB21 | 2026 | Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill 21

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on May 22 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-22 - Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Provides relative to participation in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Title

Provides relative to participation in the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Roll Calls

2026-05-13 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 21 FINAL PASSAGE (#865) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-04-15 - House - House Vote on HB 21 FINAL PASSAGE (#520) (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 12) [PASS]
2026-04-15 - House - House Vote on HB 21 FINAL PASSAGE (#520) (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 12) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-22	House	Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-22	House	Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 278.
2026-05-19	House	Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-18	House	Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-18	House	Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-13	Senate	Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-07	Senate	Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-06	Senate	Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-05	Senate	Reported favorably.
2026-04-21	Senate	Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Retirement.
2026-04-20	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-15	House	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.
2026-04-14	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
2026-04-13	House	Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-09	House	Reported with amendments (11-0).
2026-03-24	House	Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
2026-03-23	House	Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
2026-01-23	House	First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.
2026-01-20	House	Prefiled. To be introduced at a later date.

Subjects

RETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL EMP

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26rs&b=HB21&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1434934
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460865
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462841
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1472849
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1479505
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1457533
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460767
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462683
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1434946
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1447577
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460999
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1461083
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462878
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1463382
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1473125
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462769
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1463012
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1472646