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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 23: RETIREMENT/STATE EMPS: Grants a cost-of-living adjustment to eligible retirees and beneficiaries (EN +$235,000,000 APV)

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 23 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: RETIREMENT/STATE EMPS: Grants a cost-of-living adjustment to eligible retirees and beneficiaries (EN +$235,000,000 APV). Primary sponsor: Tony Bacala (Republican). It lists 23 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 22, 2026): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 280.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10 · Republican 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tony BacalaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Roy AdamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse62
Mike BayhamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse103
Stephanie BeraultCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse76
Beth BillingsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Reese "Skip" BroussardCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Kim CarverCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Barbara FreibergCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
John IllgCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Travis JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Alonzo KnoxCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Jeremy LaCombeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Vanessa LaFleurCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse101
Rodney LyonsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Denise MarcelleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Chasity MartinezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Dixon McMakinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Candace NewellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Tammy PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Paul SawyerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Joe StagniCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Sylvia TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Francis ThompsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
John WybleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 280.
  2. Effective date: 06/30/2026.
  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.
  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  9. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
  10. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  11. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
  12. Reported favorably.

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source