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LouisianaSB 192026 Regular SessionSenate

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Changes the name and design of the "State Employee Retired" prestige license plate. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT FC)

Sponsored By: Edward J. Price (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Transportation, Highways and Public WorksRetirement

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Bill Overview

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

Louisiana retiree plate renamed; fees support foundation

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana renames the “State Employee Retired” specialty license plate “RSEA” and changes its design. The state can establish the plate only after at least 1,000 applicants enroll. Only passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans can use it. The design places Louisiana’s outline on the left, with the state seal inside, and “Louisiana” at the top. Plate numbers appear in the center, starting at 1, with the RSEA logo at the bottom center. The extra $25 plate fee goes to RSEA Foundation, Inc. each year instead of reducing state employees’ unfunded retirement liability. The law does not change the fee amount.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Edward J. Price

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Joy Walters

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 130 • No: 10

House vote • 5/6/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 9. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 83 • No: 9

House vote • 4/27/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 1

Senate vote • 3/17/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 198.

    5/14/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/14/2026Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/12/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/12/2026House

  6. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/11/2026Senate

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 9. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/6/2026House

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

    5/5/2026House

  9. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/29/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/28/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (13-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/27/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

    3/23/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/18/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/17/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/11/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    3/10/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Retirement.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.

    1/23/2026Senate

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