SB 4 Louisiana Senate · 2024 Regular Session

REGISTRAR OF VOTERS RET: Provides relative to retirement allowances of the Registrars of Voters Employees' Retirement System. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT APV)

This bill updates the retirement rules for employees of the Registrars of Voters Employees' Retirement System in Louisiana. It clarifies how unused sick and annual leave will be counted toward retirement benefits, while also establishing a new rule that leave will not count toward eligibility for those who join the system on or after July 1, 2024. Additionally, the legislation outlines specific options for members to choose different ways to receive their retirement payments, including choices that allow benefits to continue for a named person or spouse after the member's death. The changes apply to the calculation of allowances and the structure of optional benefit plans for eligible retirees.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Jan 25, 2024 Signed May 13, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 20, 2024 · House May 1, 2024

How they voted

340
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
Mar 20, 2024
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican25
22 Yea 3
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
Apr 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 18, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Retirement.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ed Price
Ed Price
DDemocratic
LA
2