HB377 • 2026

CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the pay range for the state examiner and deputy state examiner of the municipal fire and police civil service

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Timothy P. Kerner
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 546
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not provide specific details about the current employment status of state examiners or deputy state examiners.

Fire and Police Civil Service Pay Adjustments

This act changes the pay ranges for state examiners and deputy state examiners of municipal fire and police civil service in Louisiana.

What This Bill Does

Changes the salary range for the state examiner to match that of the deputy director of state civil service.
Sets the salary range for the deputy state examiner two levels below that of the deputy director of state civil service.

Who It Names or Affects

State examiners and deputy state examiners of municipal fire and police civil service in Louisiana.

Terms To Know

Civil Service: A system that ensures government jobs are filled based on merit rather than political connections.
State Examiner: An official who oversees the hiring and testing processes for municipal fire and police departments in Louisiana.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify how many state examiners or deputy state examiners are currently employed.
It is unclear if this change will affect existing salaries immediately or only new hires.

Bill History

2026-05-29 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-29 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 546.
2026-05-26 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-25 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-25 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-25 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-21 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 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.
2026-04-20 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 90, nays 7. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-15 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-15 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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 (9-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-25 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-25 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL: Provides relative to the pay range for the state examiner and deputy state examiner of the municipal fire and police civil service

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 5462026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 377
BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Subparagraphs (9)(a) and (b) of Article XIV, Section 15.1 of the 1921
3 Constitution of Louisiana, as amended, continued as a statute pursuant to Article X,
4 Section 18 of the 1974 Constitution of Louisiana, and R.S. 33:2479(D) and (H),
5 relative to the municipal fire and police civil service; to provide relative to the state
6 examiner and deputy state examiner; to provide relative to the compensation for the
7 state examiner and deputy state examiner; and to provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. Subparagraphs (9)(a) and (b) of Article XIV, Section 15.1 of the 1921
10 Constitution of Louisiana, as amended, continued as a statute pursuant to the provisions of
11 Article X, Section 18 of the 1974 Constitution of Louisiana are hereby amended and
12 reenacted to read as follows:
13 §15.1. Fire and police civil service; municipalities of 13,000 to 250,000
14 * * *
15 9. State Examiner and Deputy State Examiner of Municipal Fire and Police
16 Civil Service.
17 a. The office of state examiner of municipal fire and police civil service is
18 created. The state examiner shall be a resident and qualified voter of the state. He
19 shall be a person who has had experience in personnel administration, classification,
20 or employment testing in a classified civil service system and shall serve on a full-
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1 time basis. He shall receive and be paid a salary set by the State Civil Service
2 Commission in accordance with the State Civil Service Commission's uniform pay
3 plan. The position of state examiner shall be assigned to the same pay range to
4 which the deputy director of state civil service is assigned. The state examiner shall
5 be paid traveling and living expenses while away from his place of residence.
6 b. The office of deputy state examiner of municipal fire and police civil
7 service is created. The right of appointment, supervision, and discharge of the
8 deputy state examiner is vested in the state examiner. The deputy state examiner is
9 authorized and empowered to exercise the authority and perform the duties of the
10 state examiner as provided in this Section. He shall be a resident and qualified voter
11 of the state. He shall be a person who has had experience in personnel
12 administration, classification, or employment testing in a classified civil service
13 system and shall serve on a full-time basis. He shall receive and be paid a salary set
14 by the state examiner in accordance with the State Civil Service Commission's
15 uniform pay plan. The position of deputy state examiner shall be assigned to the pay
16 range which is two levels below the pay range to which the deputy director of state
17 civil service is assigned. The deputy state examiner shall be paid traveling and living
18 expenses while away from the place of his residence.
19 * * *
20 Section 2. R.S. 33:2479(D) and (H) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
21 follows:
22 §2479. State examiner of municipal fire and police civil service
23 * * *
24 D. The state examiner shall serve on a full-time basis. He shall receive and
25 be paid a salary set by the State Civil Service Commission in accordance with the
26 State Civil Service Commission's uniform pay plan. The position of state examiner
27 shall be assigned to the same pay range to which the deputy director of state civil
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1 service is assigned. The state examiner shall be paid for his traveling and living
2 expenses while away from his place of residence.
3 * * *
4 H. The office of deputy state examiner of municipal fire and police civil
5 service is created. The right of appointment, supervision, and discharge of the
6 deputy state examiner shall be vested in the state examiner. The deputy state
7 examiner is authorized and empowered to exercise the authority and perform the
8 duties of the state examiner as provided in this Part or Part III of this Chapter. The
9 deputy state examiner shall receive and be paid a salary set by the state examiner in
10 accordance with the State Civil Service Commission's uniform pay plan. The
11 position of deputy state examiner shall be assigned to the pay range which shall be
12 two levels below the pay range to which the deputy director of state civil service is
13 assigned. The deputy state examiner shall be paid traveling and living expenses
14 while away from the place of his residence.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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