SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides supplemental pay to persons employed by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections as a probation or parole officer (OR +$6,264,000 GF EX See Note)

HLS 26RS-1380 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1183
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILFORD CARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: Provides supplemental pay to persons employed by the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections as a probation or parole officer
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:1667.1.1, relative to supplemental pay for law enforcement officers; to
3 provide for supplemental pay for law enforcement officers employed by the
4 Department of Public Safety and Corrections as a probation or parole officer; to
5 provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:1667.1.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §1667.1.1. Extra compensation for certain law enforcement officers
9 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in addition to
10 the compensation now paid to any probation or parole officer who is a commissioned
11 law enforcement officer and a full-time employee of the Department of Public Safety
12 and Corrections, and who is paid a salary of not less than eight hundred dollars per
13 month, and who has completed and passed a P.O.S.T.-certified training program as
14 provided in R.S. 40:2405, and who has completed or who hereafter completes one
15 year of service shall be paid by the state extra compensation in the amount of six
16 hundred dollars per month.
17 B. Prior service as a full-time deputy sheriff or law enforcement officer with
18 a municipality, tribe, or policy agency of the state or political subdivision shall be
19 included in computing the period of service required for the payment of extra
20 compensation under the provisions of this Section.
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HLS 26RS-1380 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1183
1 Section 2. This Act shall take effect and become operative if and when the proposed
2 amendment of Article X of the Constitution of Louisiana contained in the Act which
3 originated as House Bill No. 581 of this 2026 Regular Session of the Legislature is adopted
4 at a statewide election and becomes effective.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1183 Original 2026 Regular Session Wilford Carter
Abstract: Provides supplemental pay to a person employed by the Dept. of Public Safety
and Corrections as a probation or parole officer
Present law provides extra compensation of $600 per month to a person employed as a full-
time law enforcement officer of a municipality or tribe. Present law specifically excludes
an officer employed by the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections and the Dept. of Wildlife
and Fisheries.
Proposed law provides extra compensation of $600 per month to a person employed as a
probation or parole officer who is a commissioned law enforcement officer employed full-
time by the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections. Proposed law requires a probation and
parole officer to complete and pass a P.O.S.T.-certified training program and complete one
year of service in order to be eligible to receive the extra compensation.
Proposed law allows prior service as a full-time law enforcement officer within the state of
Louisiana to count towards the one year eligibility requirement.
(Adds R.S. 40:1667.1.1)
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