HB1017 • 2026

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Prohibits certain post-divorce earnable compensation in the Firefighters' Retirement System from being included in a former spouse's portion of community property (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Timothy P. Kerner
Last action: 2026-06-25
Official status: Became law without the Governor's signature - Act 968
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Prohibits certain post-divorce earnable compensation in the Firefighters' Retirement System from being included in a former spouse's portion of community property (EN NO IMPACT APV)

What This Bill Does

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Prohibits certain post-divorce earnable compensation in the Firefighters' Retirement System from being included in a former spouse's portion of community property (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Summary of Senate Amendments to HB1017

Filed

Plain English: SSHB1017 4267 6164 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 1017 2026 Regular Session Kerner RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Prohibits certain post-divorce earnable compensation from being included in a former spouse's portion of community property Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

SSHB1017 4267 6164 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 1017 2026 Regular Session Kerner RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Prohibits certain post-divorce earnable compensation from being included in a former spouse's portion of community property Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
Provides relative to the earnable compensation of a full-time firefighter instead of the earnable compensation of a member of the Firefighters' Retirement System.
2.
Makes technical changes.

Actuarial Note - HB1017 Engrossed With Conference Committee Amendments

Filed

Plain English: OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR 2026 REGULAR SESSION ACTUARIAL NOTE This Note has been prepared by the Actuary for the Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) with assistance from either the Fiscal Notes staff of the Legislative Auditor or staff of the Legislative Fiscal Office (LFO).

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR 2026 REGULAR SESSION ACTUARIAL NOTE This Note has been prepared by the Actuary for the Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) with assistance from either the Fiscal Notes staff of the Legislative Auditor or staff of the Legislative Fiscal Office (LFO).
The attachment of this Note provides compliance with the requirements of R.S.
24:521 as amended by Act 353 of the 2016 Regular Session.
Kenneth J.

Actuarial Note - HB1017 Engrossed With Senate Cmte Amendments

Filed

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR 2026 REGULAR SESSION ACTUARIAL NOTE This Note has been prepared by the Actuary for the Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) with assistance from either the Fiscal Notes staff of the Legislative Auditor or staff of the Legislative Fiscal Office (LFO).
The attachment of this Note provides compliance with the requirements of R.S.
24:521 as amended by Act 353 of the 2016 Regular Session.
Kenneth J.

House Vote on HB 1017 REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1705)

Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1705 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 1017 BY KERNER REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:32:51 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.

2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1705 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 1017 BY KERNER REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:32:51 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.
Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
Henry, D.
Hilferty Horton Illg Johnson, M.

Senate Committee Amendment #4054 JUDA Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB1017 359 4054 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.

SCAHB1017 359 4054 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.
1017 by Representative Kerner 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 2, change "R.S.
11:2256.5" to "R.S.

Senate Committee Amendment #4037 JUDA Draft

Draft

Plain English: SCAHB1017 359 4037 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.

SCAHB1017 359 4037 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.
1017 by Representative Kerner 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 2, change "R.S.
11:2256.5" to "R.S.

Bill History

2026-06-25 H
Effective date: 06/24/2026.
2026-06-25 H
Becomes Act No. 968 without the Governor's signature.
2026-06-04 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-06-01 S
Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
2026-06-01 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-06-01 H
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
2026-06-01 S
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
2026-06-01 S
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
2026-06-01 H
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
2026-05-31 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2026.
2026-05-31 H
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
2026-05-31 S
Conference committee report received.
2026-05-29 H
Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
2026-05-29 S
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
2026-05-29 H
House conferees appointed: Kerner, Turner, and Farnum.
2026-05-29 S
Senate conference committee members appointed: Miller, Luneau, and Price.
2026-05-29 S
Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
2026-05-29 H
Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
2026-05-27 H
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-26 S
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.
2026-05-21 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-20 S
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-19 S
Reported with amendments.
2026-05-04 S
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary A.
2026-05-04 S
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
2026-04-20 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Retirement.
2026-04-15 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-15 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-14 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
2026-04-13 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-09 H
Reported favorably (10-0).
2026-03-31 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
2026-03-30 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Prohibits certain post-divorce earnable compensation in the Firefighters' Retirement System from being included in a former spouse's portion of community property (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 9682026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1017
BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 9:2801(A)(4)(g), relative to retirement benefits received from the Firefighters'
3 Retirement System; to provide with respect to the calculation of the community
4 portion of such benefits; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution
8 of Louisiana.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 9:2801(A)(4)(g) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §2801. Partition of community property and settlement of claims arising from
12 matrimonial regimes and co-ownership of former community property
13 A. When the spouses are unable to agree on a partition of community
14 property or on the settlement of the claims between the spouses arising either from
15 the matrimonial regime, or from the co-ownership of former community property
16 following termination of the matrimonial regime, either spouse, as an incident of the
17 action that would result in a termination of the matrimonial regime or upon
18 termination of the matrimonial regime or thereafter, may institute a proceeding,
19 which shall be conducted in accordance with the following rules:
20 * * *
21 (4) The court shall then partition the community in accordance with the
22 following rules:
23 * * *
24 (g) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any increase in a
25 full-time firefighter's earnable compensation that occurs following termination of a
26 community of acquets and gains and that was conditioned on the firefighter's passage
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HB NO. 1017 ENROLLED
1 of both a written examination and a working test shall not be included in the
2 calculation of a former spouse's portion of community property.
3 * * *
4 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
5 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
6 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
7 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
8 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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