INSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS: Provides relative to qualifications for participation in the Employee Insurance Fund for the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
HB 66 requires the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office to cover full premium costs for group hospital, surgical, medical, and the first $10,000 of life insurance for retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs. It applies specifically to those hired on or after July 1, 2018, who have at least fifteen years of service (including twelve years with the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office), are at least fifty-five years old, or have thirty years of service regardless of age. The sheriff's general fund pays these premiums, not state funds, and the bill modifies existing insurance provisions for this specific group. This policy change directly affects eligible retirees of the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 14, 2025
Signed May 28, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill amends the requirements for retired Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office deputies to receive group insurance premium payments from the general fund. It lowers the minimum service requirement from fifteen years to twelve years and adds a new eligibility option allowing retirement at any age if the deputy has thirty years of total service. These changes expand the number of retired deputies eligible for this benefit and remove the previous age restriction for those with long service histories.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of eligibility to include deputies with fewer years of service and allows for retirement at any age for those with thirty years of service, whereas previously only those hired after July 1, 2018, with at least fifteen years of service and age fifty-five were eligible.
ELIGIBILITY
Reduced the minimum required years of service for insurance benefits from fifteen years to twelve years.
Created a new eligibility pathway allowing retired deputies to receive benefits at any age if they have thirty years of total service with the office.
Removed the requirement that eligible retirees must be at least fifty-five years old.
Added a provision that the new eligibility rules apply to all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs who retire from the office, regardless of their hire date.
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2025 · House May 5, 2025
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
May 20, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
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 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 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Mar 14, 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
Troy Romero
RRepublican
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