HB 967 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

RETIREMENT/TEACHERS: Provides for the reemployment of retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana in critical shortage positions (EN INCREASE APV)

HB 967 allows retired teachers from the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana to return to work in critical shortage positions. The bill authorizes the system to rehire these retirees and adjusts their retirement benefits to account for their continued service. It also includes minor grammatical corrections to the text of the legislation. This measure directly impacts retired educators and the state's public school system by creating a pathway for experienced teachers to resume employment where there is a high demand.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Apr 15, 2024 Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House Apr 18, 2024

How they voted

360
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 16, 2024
D Democratic12
11 Yea 1
91% Yea
R Republican25
25 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 7, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 35 reported by the Committee on Retirement (11-0).
lower
1 primary · 44 co-sponsors

Sponsors