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2026 Regular Session

HB42

Provides relative to a phased retirement program within the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (EN INCREASE FC GF EX See Note)

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
June 9, 2026
Last status update
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 781.
Author
Tony Bacala
Co-sponsors
Roy Daryl AdamsDoyle BoudreauxReese Skip BroussardBarbara CarpenterWilford Carter Sr.Kathy EdmonstonAimee Adatto FreemanBarbara Reich FreibergDana HenryMike JohnsonVanessa Caston LaFleurC. Denise MarcelleDustin MillerPat MooreEd MurrayJoseph StagniSylvia Elaine TaylorJohn E. Wyble

Legislative progress

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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.

House committee reassignment March 30, 2026 House passed April 27, 2026 Senate committee reassignment May 6, 2026 Senate passed May 26, 2026 Enrolled June 1, 2026 Governor approved June 9, 2026 Became law June 9, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

5 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

April 27, 2026 · House

House Vote on HB 42 FINAL PASSAGE (#725)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

98 yea–1 nay · 6 absent

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May 26, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on HB 42 FINAL PASSAGE (#1310)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

37 yea–0 nay · 2 absent

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May 29, 2026 · House

House Vote on HB 42 REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1657)

Passed

95 yea–0 nay · 10 absent

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June 1, 2026 · House

House Vote on HB 42 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1838)

Passed

101 yea–0 nay · 4 absent

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June 1, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on HB 42 CONCUR (#1635)

Passed

36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. House Effective date: 08/01/2026.
  2. House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 781.
  3. House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Senate Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
  5. House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  6. House Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
  7. Senate Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
  8. Senate Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. View roll call
  9. House Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0. Having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the Conference Committee Report was adopted. View roll call
  10. House Called from the calendar.
  11. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  12. House Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2026.
  13. Senate Conference committee report received.
  14. House Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
  15. House Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
  16. Senate Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
  17. House House conferees appointed: Bacala, Turner, and Brass.
  18. Senate Senate conference committee members appointed: Price, Owen, and Barthelemy.
  19. Senate Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
  20. House Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0. The Senate amendments, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were rejected. Conference committee appointment pending. View roll call
  21. House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
  22. House Received from the Senate with amendments.
  23. Senate Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
  24. Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  25. Senate Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  26. Senate Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
  27. Senate Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
  28. Senate Reported favorably.
  29. Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Retirement.
  30. Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  31. House Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
  32. House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.
  33. House Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  34. House Reported favorably (16-0).
  35. House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
  36. House Reported with amendments (9-0).
  37. House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement.
  38. House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.
  39. House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement.
  40. House Prefiled.
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2091852
LegiScan session ID
2248
Source file
var/states/louisiana/source/legiscan/2248-129398a2968f/bill/HB42.json
Package observed
2026-08-07T15:15:47+00:00