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HLS 26RS-1204 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 581
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILFORD CARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for supplemental pay for
probation and parole officers
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2 Proposing to add Article X, Section 10(A)(1)(c) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative
3 to state supplemental pay; to authorize state supplemental pay for probation and
4 parole officers employed by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; to
5 provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; to provide for an
6 effective date; and to provide for related matters.
7 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
8 elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of
9 Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to add
10 Article X, Section10(A)(1)(c) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
11 §10. Rules; Investigations; Wages and Hours
12 Section 10.
13 (A)
14 * * *
15 (1)
16 * * *
17 (c) Nothing herein shall prevent the legislature from supplementing the
18 uniform pay plans for sworn, commissioned law enforcement officers employed
19 within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections as a probation or parole
20 officer.
21 * * *
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HLS 26RS-1204 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 581
1 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall become effective July 1, 2027.
2 Section 3. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
3 to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 3,
4 2026.
5 Section 4. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at the election,
6 there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
7 to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
8 follows:
9 Do you support an amendment to allow the legislature to provide state
10 supplemental pay to commissioned law enforcement officers employed
11 within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections as a probation or
12 parole officer? (Effective July 1, 2027) (Adds Article X, Section 10(A)(1)(c))
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 581 Original 2026 Regular Session Wilford Carter
Abstract: Authorizes the legislature to provide supplemental pay by law to certain
commissioned law enforcement officers
Present constitution authorizes the legislature to provide state supplemental pay to sworn
commissioned law enforcement officers employed by the state or its political subdivisions,
provided those officers are employed on a full-time basis and serve the welfare of the public
in the capacity of a police officer by effecting arrests, issuing citations, and serving warrants
while patrolling waterways and riverfront areas.
Proposed constitution retains present constitution and additionally authorizes the legislature
to provide state supplemental pay to commissioned law enforcement officers employed
within the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections as a probation or parole officer.
Provides for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters at the statewide election
to be held November 3, 2026.
Effective July 1, 2027.
(Adds Art. X, §10(A)(1)(c))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.