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LouisianaHB 292026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

CLERKS OF COURT: Provides for the creation of the Ascension Parish retired employee insurance fund

Sponsored By: Tony Bacala (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary BJudiciary

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New insurance fund for Ascension clerk retirees

The law creates an insurance premium fund for eligible retired Ascension Parish clerks of court and deputy clerks. The clerk can contribute money but is not required to contribute a set amount. The clerk can withdraw investment earnings only after the fund’s principal and accumulated earnings reach $5 million. Those withdrawals can pay only eligible retirees’ insurance premiums, the fund board’s legal costs, or both. If deposits plus earnings fall below $4 million, earnings withdrawals stop. The clerk’s general fund must then pay any remaining balance owed for those costs in full. Investments follow the advisory board’s recommendation, with at least 25% in stocks and at least 25% in fixed-income investments. At least 75% of the fixed-income portion must be rated investment grade by a nationally recognized rating agency. The clerk appoints three board members: the clerk or a designee, one retired clerk or deputy, and one active deputy. The clerk sets their terms. The board recommends investments and elects a chair at its first meeting, held within 30 days after appointment. The clerk’s office audit must specifically check compliance with the fund’s rules.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Tony Bacala

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 139 • No: 5

Senate vote • 5/11/2026

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

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 91 • No: 5

House vote • 4/9/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 112.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/13/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/12/2026House

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

    5/12/2026House

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

    5/11/2026Senate

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

    5/4/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/28/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

    4/20/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/15/2026House

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

    4/15/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.

    4/14/2026House

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

    4/13/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (12-0).

    4/9/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

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

    1/23/2026House

  19. Prefiled.

    1/21/2026House

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    1/21/2026House

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