HB34 • 2026

RETIREMENT/SHERIFFS FUND: Provides relative to retirement eligibility in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley
Last action: 2026-05-11
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 42
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details on the number of sheriffs affected or how the actuarially reduced benefit is calculated, so these remain unknowns.

Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund Retirement Eligibility

This act changes the retirement eligibility rules for members of the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund who started their employment after January 1, 2012.

What This Bill Does

Changes the retirement rules for eligible sheriffs in Louisiana's pension fund.
Allows eligible members to retire with an actuarially reduced benefit if they are over 50 years old and have at least 30 years of service.
Requires that members apply in writing to receive their benefits.

Who It Names or Affects

Sheriffs who started working after January 1, 2012
The Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund

Terms To Know

actuarially reduced retirement benefit: A pension that is less than the full amount a person would receive if they waited until age 55 to retire.
creditable service: The years of employment that count towards a member's eligibility for retirement benefits in the fund.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify how many sheriffs will be affected by these changes.
Does not provide details on how the actuarially reduced benefit is calculated.

Bill History

2026-05-11 H
Effective date: 05/11/2026.
2026-05-11 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 42.
2026-05-07 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-07 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-06 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-06 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-05 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-04-22 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-21 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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 92, 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 (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.
2026-01-22 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 retirement eligibility in the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund (EN NO IMPACT APV)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 422026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 34
BY REPRESENTATIVES WILEY, BRASS, AND TAYLOR
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 11:2178(C)(3)(c), relative to the Sheriffs' Pension and Relief Fund; to provide
3 relative to eligibility for an actuarially reduced retirement benefit; to provide for an
4 effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article X, Section 29(C) of the Constitution
7 of Louisiana.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 11:2178(C)(3)(c) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §2178. Disability benefits; retirement benefits; death benefits
11 * * *
12 C.
13 * * *
14 (3)
15 * * *
16 (c) In the event a member whose first employment making him eligible for
17 membership in the system began on or after January 1, 2012, is eligible for deferred
18 retirement and is over fifty years of age with at least thirty years of creditable
19 service, the member may elect to take, in lieu of deferred retirement, the actuarial
20 equivalent of the benefit due had the member attained age fifty-five. The retirement
21 shall become effective upon receipt of the member's written application by the board
22 of trustees.
23 * * *
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HB NO. 34 ENROLLED
1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 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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