INSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS: Provides relative to the payment of insurance premium costs by the Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
HB 361 is a procedural bill that corrects technical language in existing law regarding insurance premium payments. It ensures the Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office pays its own insurance premiums directly, rather than through a different payment mechanism. The bill makes minor grammatical adjustments to section references in the statute (changing "Section" to "Subsection" in two places) to align with standard legal formatting. This change affects only the Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office's administrative process for insurance costs, with no new policy or financial impact. It has passed committee and moved to third reading in the legislature.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Signed Jun 4, 2025
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This bill updates the law governing insurance premium payments for the Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office, specifically expanding eligibility for full premium coverage to include current retirees who retired on or after December 31, 2012. It also introduces a new provision effective January 1, 2025, which provides premium funding for any sheriff or deputy who retires from any Louisiana sheriff's office and is eligible for the state pension fund. The changes clarify the service requirements for different funding percentages and reorganize the statutory text for clarity.
Scope change
The scope expanded from covering only Franklin Parish retirees to including any Louisiana sheriff or deputy retiring on or after January 1, 2025, provided they are eligible for the state pension fund.
ELIGIBILITY
Added a new eligibility category for any sheriff or deputy retiring from any Louisiana sheriff's office on or after January 1, 2025, who is eligible for the Sheriff's Pension and Relief Fund.
Clarified and reorganized the specific service and age requirements for receiving 100%, 75%, and 50% of insurance premium costs, ensuring consistency in how creditable service is calculated.
TIMELINE
Updated the effective date for the new statewide retirement provision to January 1, 2025, while maintaining the existing coverage for those who retired prior to December 31, 2012.
Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2025 · House May 5, 2025
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 28, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Neil Riser
RRepublican
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