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HB1082 • 2026

CIVIL/VENUE: Provides for venue with respect to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System

CIVIL/VENUE: Provides for venue with respect to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jason Dewitt
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Sent to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on the bill's impact beyond what is explicitly stated in the text.

Venue for Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System Cases

This bill changes where certain lawsuits involving the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System can be filed.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the rules about which court can hear cases related to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System.
  • Requires that if the system or its board is being sued, the case must be in East Baton Rouge Parish or where the retirement system is based.
  • Specifies that if the system or its board starts a lawsuit, it has to be filed in the court of the place where the issue happened.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who work for municipal police departments and their retirement benefits.
  • Courts that handle cases involving the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System.

Terms To Know

Venue
The specific court where a case can be heard based on rules set by law.
Parish
A geographical division in Louisiana similar to counties in other states.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if the retirement system is involved but neither as a plaintiff nor defendant.
  • The bill's full impact depends on how courts interpret and apply these new rules.
  • It does not address cases involving other types of employees or systems.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: The amendment changes where legal actions involving the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System can be filed, depending on whether the system or its board is a defendant or plaintiff.

  • When the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (MPERS) or its board of trustees is a defendant in a lawsuit, the case must be brought in East Baton Rouge Parish or the parish where MPERS is domiciled.
  • If MPERS or its board of trustees is a plaintiff, the case can only be filed in the district court that has jurisdiction over the parish where the cause of action arose.
  • The amendment includes technical changes which are not detailed and may require further clarification.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB1082 allows for the venue of cases involving the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System to be determined based on specific criteria set forth in the bill.

  • Establishes rules for determining where legal cases related to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System can be heard.
  • The official amendment text does not provide detailed specifics about the venue criteria, making it hard to explain exact changes in plain English.
Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB1082 4335 3639 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB1082 4335 3639 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary A to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 1082 by Representative Dewitt 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 3, after "suits" delete "against" and insert "involving" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 4 On page 2, delete lines 2 through 4 in their entirety and insert the following: 5 "A.
Draft

Plain English: The amendment changes where certain legal actions involving the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System can be filed.

  • Removes 'against' and replaces it with 'involving' in reference to suits related to the retirement system.
  • Specifies that if the defendant is the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System or its board of trustees, the case must be brought in East Baton Rouge Parish or the parish where the retirement system or employee benefit program is located.
  • States that if the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System or its board of trustees is the plaintiff, the case can only be filed in the district court with jurisdiction over the parish where the cause of action arose.
  • The amendment text does not provide details on how to determine the 'parish of domicile' for the retirement system or employee benefit program.
  • It is unclear what specific legal actions are covered by this amendment beyond those involving suits against or initiated by the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  2. 2026-05-28 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  3. 2026-05-28 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. 2026-05-27 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  5. 2026-05-26 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.

  6. 2026-05-25 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  7. 2026-05-21 S

    Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-05-14 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. 2026-05-13 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-05-12 S

    Reported with amendments.

  11. 2026-04-29 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  12. 2026-04-28 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. 2026-04-28 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-04-28 H

    Called from the calendar.

  15. 2026-04-23 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.

  16. 2026-04-23 H

    Notice given.

  17. 2026-04-20 H

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  18. 2026-04-15 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

  19. 2026-04-14 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  20. 2026-04-13 H

    Reported favorably (8-0-1).

  21. 2026-03-31 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  22. 2026-03-30 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

CIVIL/VENUE: Provides for venue with respect to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1082
BY REPRESENTATIVES DEWITT, BUTLER, FIRMENT, TRAVIS JOHNSON, AND
OWEN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 84 and to enact Code of Civil
3 Procedure Article 84.1, relative to venue; to provide for suits involving the
4 Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System; to establish venue; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 84 is hereby amended and reenacted and
8 Code of Civil Procedure Article 84.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 Art. 84. Action involving certain retirement systems and employee benefit programs
10 Actions involving the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, Office
11 of Group Benefits, State Police Pension and Relief Fund, Louisiana School
12 Employees' Retirement System, Louisiana School Lunch Employees' Retirement
13 System, Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana, Assessors' Retirement Fund,
14 Clerks of Court Retirement and Relief Fund, District Attorneys' Retirement System,
15 Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana, Parochial Employees'
16 Retirement System of Louisiana, Registrar of Voters Employees' Retirement System,
17 Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund, Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System,
18 or the Firefighters' Retirement System shall be brought in the parish of East Baton
19 Rouge or in the parish of the domicile of the retirement system or employee benefit
20 program.
21 Art. 84.1. Actions involving the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System
22 A. If the defendant is the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System
23 or its board of trustees, the action shall be brought in the parish of East Baton Rouge
24 or in the parish of the domicile of the retirement system or employee benefit
25 program.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HB NO. 1082 ENROLLED
1 B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if the Municipal
2 Police Employees' Retirement System or its board of trustees is the plaintiff, the
3 action shall be brought only in the district court having jurisdiction in the parish in
4 which the cause of action arises.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.