HB33 • 2026

RETIREMENT/SHERIFFS FUND: Provides relative to participation in the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund (EN INCREASE FC SG EX)

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley
Last action: 2026-05-22
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 282
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact financial impacts and effects on current participants or retirees were not detailed in the provided official material.

Changes to the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Plan for Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund

This act modifies the rules of the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program (Back-DROP) in Louisiana's Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund, allowing members with specific years of service to choose longer participation periods.

What This Bill Does

Amends the existing law regarding the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Plan for members of the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund.
Allows members who have at least thirty but less than thirty-five years of service to select a Back-DROP period not exceeding forty-eight months.
Permits members with thirty-five or more years of service to choose a Back-DROP period up to sixty months.

Who It Names or Affects

Members of the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund who have at least thirty years of service.

Terms To Know

Back-Deferred Retirement Option Plan (Back-DROP): A program that allows members to delay receiving their pension benefits in exchange for a longer period of benefit accrual.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify the exact financial impacts on the fund due to these changes.
It is unclear how this will affect current participants or those who are already retired.

Bill History

2026-05-22 H
Effective date: 05/22/2026.
2026-05-22 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 282.
2026-05-19 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-19 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-19 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-19 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-18 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-13 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-12 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-11 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-21 S
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
2026-04-20 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. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-26 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was 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 (13-0).
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.
2026-01-22 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.
2026-01-22 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

RETIREMENT/SHERIFFS FUND: Provides relative to participation in the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Program in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund (EN INCREASE FC SG EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 2822026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 33
BY REPRESENTATIVES WILEY, BRASS, AND TAYLOR
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 11:2178.1(B), relative to the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund;
3 to provide relative to the Back-Deferred Retirement Option Plan; to allow for a five-
4 year participation period in certain circumstances; to provide for limitations and
5 requirements; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related 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. 11:2178.1(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 §2178.1. Back-Deferred Retirement Option Plan
12 * * *
13 B.(1) At the time of retirement, the member shall select a Back-DROP
14 period to be specified in whole months. The Back-DROP period shall be the most
15 recent calendar period corresponding to the member's accrued creditable service.
16 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, the Back-DROP period
17 shall not exceed the lesser of thirty-six months or the number of months of creditable
18 service accrued after the member first became eligible for regular retirement.
19 (3) However, members who have A member who has at least thirty or more
20 years of service but less than thirty-five years of service may select a Back-DROP
21 period not to exceed the lesser of forty-eight months or the number of months of
22 creditable service accrued after the member first became eligible for regular
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1 retirement. The Back-DROP period shall be the most recent calendar period
2 corresponding to the member's accrued creditable service.
3 (4) A member who has thirty-five or more years of service may select a
4 Back-DROP period not to exceed the lesser of sixty months or the number of months
5 of creditable service accrued after the member first became eligible for regular
6 retirement.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
9 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
10 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
11 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
12 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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