SB85 • 2026

SHERIFFS: Provides for funding of certain insurance costs for retirees of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office. (8/1/26)

Labor

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Gregory A. Miller
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 241
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on legal representation costs for the board, leaving some uncertainty.

Funding for Retiree Insurance Costs

This act creates a fund to help pay insurance costs for retired sheriff's office employees of St. Charles Parish.

What This Bill Does

Creates the St. Charles Parish Sheriff Retired Employees Insurance Fund (SCREIF) to help cover insurance costs for retirees.
Requires the sheriff to invest at least half of SCREIF funds in equities and fixed income, with a minimum investment grade rating for fixed income investments.
Allows earnings from these investments to be used only for paying retiree insurance premiums or legal representation costs for the board.
Establishes an advisory board to recommend how to invest the fund's money.

Who It Names or Affects

Retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of St. Charles Parish
The sheriff of St. Charles Parish

Terms To Know

SCREIF: St. Charles Parish Sheriff Retired Employees Insurance Fund, a fund created to help pay insurance costs for retired employees.

Limits and Unknowns

The act only applies to retirees of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office.
It does not specify how much money will be contributed to SCREIF or when contributions must start.
Details about legal representation costs are not fully explained in the summary.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Senate Floor Amendment #725 Miller G. Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SFASB85 471 725 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Miller to Engrossed Senate Bill No.

SFASB85 471 725 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Miller to Engrossed Senate Bill No.
85 by Senator Miller 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, line 24, between "establish" and "an" insert the following: 3 "the SCREIF Board as" Page 1 of 1

Bill History

2026-05-15 S
Effective date 8/1/2026.
2026-05-15 S
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 241.
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 96, nays 0. 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 (16-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-03-23 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
2026-03-18 H
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
2026-03-17 S
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-03-11 S
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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 Judiciary B.
2026-02-20 S
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

Official Summary Text

SHERIFFS: Provides for funding of certain insurance costs for retirees of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office. (8/1/26)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

2026 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 85
BY SENATOR MILLER
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:5554.15, relative to the payment of group insurance premiums for retired
3 sheriffs and deputy sheriffs in St. Charles Parish; to create a permanent fund; to
4 provide for the depositing of certain monies into the fund; to provide for investment
5 of monies in the fund; to authorize the withdrawal of earnings; to provide for
6 limitations on appropriations from the fund; to provide for audits of the fund; to
7 provide for the membership of the investment advisory board; and to provide for
8 related matters.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 13:5554.15 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 §5554.15. St. Charles Parish; payment of group insurance premiums; retired
12 sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; creation of fund
13 A. There is hereby created the St. Charles Parish Sheriff Retired
14 Employees Insurance Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "SCREIF", to help
15 offset the payment by the sheriff's office of St. Charles Parish of the premium
16 costs for eligible retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs as provided in R.S.
17 13:5554(O).
18 B. The sheriff of St. Charles Parish may contribute to the SCREIF at his
ACT No. 241
Page 1 of 3
Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SB NO. 85 ENROLLED
1 discretion.
2 C. Upon recommendations of the board established in Subsection F of
3 this Section, the sheriff of St. Charles Parish shall invest at least twenty-five
4 percent in equities and twenty-five percent in fixed income investments into the
5 SCREIF, provided that a minimum of seventy-five percent of the fixed income
6 portion is rated as investment grade by a nationally recognized rating agency.
7 D.(1) The earnings realized on the monies invested pursuant to
8 Subsection C of this Section shall be available for the sheriff to withdraw for the
9 sole purpose of paying the insurance premium costs provided in R.S. 13:5554(O)
10 for retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs of St. Charles Parish, legal
11 representation costs for the SCREIF Board, or both, provided that no such
12 earnings shall be withdrawn until the amount of principal and accumulated
13 earnings in the SCREIF are equal to the sum of four million dollars.
14 (2) In the event that the total amount of monies derived from deposits
15 provided in Subsection B of this Section and investment earnings fall below the
16 sum of four million dollars, no earnings shall be withdrawn, and any balance
17 owed for the payment of insurance premium costs as required by R.S.
18 13:5554(O) or legal representation costs for the SCREIF Board shall be paid in
19 full from the sheriff's general fund.
20 E. Any financial audit conducted of the sheriff's office of St. Charles
21 Parish shall specifically address compliance with the provisions of this Section.
22 F.(1) To provide recommendations concerning the investment of funds
23 as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the sheriff shall establish the
24 SCREIF Board as an investment advisory board consisting of three members
25 as follows:
26 (a) The sheriff or his designee.
27 (b) One retired sheriff or retired deputy sheriff of the department,
28 appointed by the sheriff, who shall serve a term determined by the sheriff.
29 (c) One active deputy sheriff of the department, appointed by the sheriff,
30 who shall serve a term determined by the sheriff.
Page 2 of 3
Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SB NO. 85 ENROLLED
1 (2) The members of the board shall elect a chairperson at its first board
2 meeting, which shall be held within thirty days after the appointment of board
3 members.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
Page 3 of 3
Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.