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LouisianaHB 10822026 Regular SessionHouse

CIVIL/VENUE: Provides for venue with respect to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System

Sponsored By: Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican)

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Bill Overview

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New court rules for police retirement lawsuits

The law gives Louisiana’s Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System separate rules for where lawsuits are filed. Cases against the system or its board can be filed in East Baton Rouge Parish or the parish where the system or its employee-benefit program is legally based. Cases brought by the system or its board must be filed in the district court serving the parish where the dispute arose. This requirement overrides conflicting court-location rules. Other retirement systems keep their existing rules, and the law does not change retirement benefits.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jason Brian DeWitt

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • C. Travis Johnson

    Democratic • House

  • Charles Owen

    Republican • House

  • Michael "Gabe" Firment

    Republican • House

  • Rhonda Gaye Butler

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 225 • No: 3

House vote • 5/27/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/21/2026

Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 0

House vote • 4/28/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 3

Actions Timeline

  1. Becomes Act No. 936 without the Governor's signature.

    6/23/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/23/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/29/2026House

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/28/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/28/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/27/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.

    5/26/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/25/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/14/2026Senate

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/13/2026Senate

  12. Reported with amendments.

    5/12/2026Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    4/29/2026Senate

  14. Called from the calendar.

    4/28/2026House

  15. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/28/2026House

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

    4/28/2026Senate

  17. Notice given.

    4/23/2026House

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.

    4/23/2026House

  19. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/20/2026House

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

    4/15/2026House

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

    4/14/2026House

  22. Reported favorably (8-0-1).

    4/13/2026House

  23. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    3/31/2026House

  24. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

    3/30/2026House

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