SB11 • 2026

STATE POLICE RETIREMENT: Provides for the funding of benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FC SG RV)

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Enacted

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

Sponsor: Ed Price
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 223
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the system calculates employer contributions, only that it sets a new formula for determining the AFC rate increase.

Louisiana State Police Retirement System Benefit Increases

This act provides funding for benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System.

What This Bill Does

Sets a new formula for determining the required increase in the Additional Funding Charge (AFC) rate based on employer contribution rates.
Makes sure that any increase in the AFC rate is permanent and does not exceed three and one-half percent.

Who It Names or Affects

Retirees of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System
Beneficiaries of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System
Survivors of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System

Terms To Know

Additional Funding Charge (AFC) rate: The extra amount that employers must contribute to fund benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify the exact dollar amounts of the benefit increases.
Only applies to the Louisiana State Police Retirement System.

Bill History

2026-05-15 S
Effective date 5/15/2026.
2026-05-15 S
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 223.
2026-05-14 S
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
2026-05-13 H
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-13 S
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-12 S
Received from the House without amendments.
2026-05-12 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 4. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-11 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.
2026-05-07 H
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-06 H
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
2026-05-05 H
Reported favorably (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-07 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
2026-04-01 H
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
2026-04-01 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-03-31 S
Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-03-30 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-11 S
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
2026-03-10 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-09 S
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Retirement.
2026-01-23 S
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.

Official Summary Text

STATE POLICE RETIREMENT: Provides for the funding of benefit increases for retirees, beneficiaries, and survivors of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FC SG RV)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

2026 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 11
BY SENATOR PRICE AND REPRESENTATIVE BACALA
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 11:102(F)(4)(b), relative to the Louisiana State Police
3 Retirement System and to the funding mechanism for payment of benefit increases
4 to persons receiving benefits from the Louisiana State Police Retirement System; to
5 provide for the determination of required employer contributions; to provide for an
6 effective date; and to provide for related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 11:102(F)(4)(b) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 §102. Employer contributions; determination; state systems
11 * * *
12 F.(1) * * *
13 (4) * * *
14 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary,
15 effective for the June 30, 2023, system valuation and beginning July 1, 2024, for any
16 fiscal year in which the projected aggregate employer contribution rate decreases,
17 the AFC rate shall increase by the lesser of one-half of the amount of the decrease
18 in the projected aggregate employer contribution rate determined under this Section
19 or the amount necessary for the AFC rate to equal two three and one-half percent.
20 Any increase in the AFC rate shall be permanent. The AFC rate shall not exceed two
21 three and one-half percent.
22 * * *
23 Section 2. The cost of this Act shall be funded with additional employer contributions
24 in compliance with Article X, Section 29(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ACT No. 223
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SB NO. 11 ENROLLED
1 Section 3. 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.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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