HB136 • 2026

CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Harahan

Enacted

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

Sponsor: John "Big John" Illg , Jr.
Last action: 2026-05-22
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 288
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text specifies a requirement for choosing among the top three in seniority, not just anyone with high seniority.

Police Hiring Rules for Harahan

This act changes how the city of Harahan hires police officers when there is a vacancy.

What This Bill Does

Changes how vacant positions in the Harahan Police Department are filled, requiring that if a position cannot be filled by reinstatement or reemployment, it must be filled from the promotional list.
Specifies that the appointing authority should choose someone who has high seniority within the department.

Who It Names or Affects

The city of Harahan's police department
Police officers in Harahan

Terms To Know

classified police service: A system where police positions are filled based on a set of rules and procedures.
promotional list: A list of qualified candidates who have passed tests for promotion to higher ranks in the police department.

Limits and Unknowns

The act only applies to Harahan's police department.
It does not change how other cities or states hire their police officers.

Bill History

2026-05-22 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-22 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 288.
2026-05-19 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-18 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-18 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-18 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-13 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-06 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-05 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-04 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-20 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
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 97, 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 (12-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-13 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
2026-02-13 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-13 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the classified police service in the city of Harahan

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 136
BY REPRESENTATIVE ILLG
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:2554(C)(6), relative to the city of Harahan; to provide relative to the
3 classified police service; to provide relative to the certification and appointment of
4 eligible persons; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 33:2554(C)(6) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §2554. Certification and appointment
11 * * *
12 C.
13 * * *
14 (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city
15 of Harahan, a vacant position in the police department shall be filled in the following
16 manner:
17 (a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as
18 provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the
19 names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear
20 thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.
21 (b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to any vacancy to be
22 filled a person certified to him whose name appears on the promotional list for the
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1 class for which he was tested as a person who is among the three highest in
2 departmental seniority.
3 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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