RETIREMENT/MUNICIPAL POL: Provides relative to benefits of participating employees in the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (EN INCREASE APV)
HB 45 amends Louisiana's Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System to adjust retirement benefit calculations and Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) rules. It increases the retirement benefit rate from 3% to 3.333% of average final salary for service on or after January 1, 2027, for both hazardous and non-hazardous duty subplans. The bill also allows members to purchase higher accrual rates for past service (at their own cost) and requires those electing DROP after July 2026 to waive constitutional guarantees about guaranteed returns or investment methods. This affects current and future municipal police officers in Louisiana participating in this retirement system.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Jan 23, 2026
Signed Jun 2, 2026
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HB45 Original
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HB45 Act 609
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MODERATE
The bill was formally enrolled as Act No. 609, adding Representative Freeman as a co-sponsor. Substantively, the legislation defines 'earnable compensation' to explicitly exclude one-time payments like bonuses and recruitment incentives starting July 1, 2026, and establishes a mechanism for law enforcement officers to purchase service credit for prior employment with federal, out-of-state, or other state agencies.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include provisions for purchasing service credit for out-of-state and federal law enforcement employment, which was not present in the original version.
DEFINITION
Added a specific definition for 'earnable compensation' that excludes nonrecurring lump-sum payments, ad hoc bonuses, and recruitment incentives effective July 1, 2026.
ELIGIBILITY
Created a new provision allowing members to purchase service credit for prior employment with federal, out-of-state, or other state law enforcement agencies by paying actuarial costs.
REQUIREMENT
Established a process requiring the member to apply for credit and the employing agency to certify the service dates and details.
TECHNICAL
Updated the bill header to reflect enrollment as Act No. 609 and added Representative Freeman as a co-sponsor.
Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2026 · House Apr 15, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
May 26, 2026
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican28
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
8
May 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
lower
May 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 20, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 6, 2026
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
upper
May 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 4. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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