HB19 • 2026

RETIREMENT/DISTRICT ATTY: Provides relative to the District Attorneys' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Healthcare

Enacted

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

Sponsor: John "Big John" Illg , Jr.
Last action: 2026-04-30
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 23
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about changes in powers, duties, or authority of the board of trustees beyond updating disability benefits rules.

Changes to the District Attorneys' Retirement System

This act updates rules for disability benefits and removes a specific section of Louisiana's retirement laws for district attorneys.

What This Bill Does

Updates the rules about giving disability benefits to eligible members of the District Attorneys' Retirement System who are certified as disabled by a designated State Medical Disability Board physician.
Removes an old part of the law that talks about certain requirements for the District Attorneys' Retirement System.

Who It Names or Affects

District attorneys who are members of the District Attorneys' Retirement System
The board of trustees that manages the retirement system

Terms To Know

Disability benefits: Money given to people who can't work because they're sick or hurt.
Board of trustees: The group that manages the District Attorneys' Retirement System

Limits and Unknowns

This act only affects district attorneys in Louisiana.
It does not change how other retirement systems work.

Amendments

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

House Floor Amendment #2503 Illg Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFAHB19 4267 2503 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Illg to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFAHB19 4267 2503 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Illg to Engrossed House Bill No.
19 by Representative Illg 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 17, after "physician" and before "designated" delete "as" Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

Bill History

2026-04-30 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-04-30 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 23.
2026-04-30 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-04-27 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-04-27 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-04-23 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-04-22 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-04-15 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-14 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-13 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-31 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Retirement.
2026-03-30 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-26 H
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-25 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
2026-03-24 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-23 H
Reported favorably (11-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
2026-01-23 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.
2026-01-20 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.
2026-01-20 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

RETIREMENT/DISTRICT ATTY: Provides relative to the District Attorneys' Retirement System (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 232026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 19
BY REPRESENTATIVES ILLG AND TAYLOR AND SENATOR TALBOT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 11:1634(B)(introductory paragraph) and to repeal R.S.
3 11:1581(13), relative to the District Attorneys' Retirement System; to provide
4 relative to the powers, duties, and authority of the board of trustees; to provide
5 relative to the authority of the board with respect to disability retirement; to provide
6 for definitions; and to provide for related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution
9 of Louisiana.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 11:1634(B)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and
12 reenacted to read as follows:
13 §1634. Disability retirement
14 * * *
15 B. The board of trustees shall award disability benefits to eligible members
16 who have been officially certified as having a disability by the State Medical
17 Disability Board physician designated by the board of trustees. Upon retirement
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HB NO. 19 ENROLLED
1 caused by disability, the disability benefit shall be determined as provided in
2 Paragraph (1) or Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whichever is less:
3 * * *
4 Section 2. R.S. 11:1581(13) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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