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Louisiana 2026

HB 979

LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Increases the benefit paid to survivors of law enforcement officers and firemen (EN +$800,000 GF EX See Note)

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Not supplied
Introduced / first action
2026-03-17 00:00:00

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Actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 909.

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  2. Effective date: 07/01/2026.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

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  6. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  7. Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

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  9. Called from the Calendar.

  10. 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.

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  11. Rules suspended.

  12. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  13. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

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  14. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  15. Reported with amendments.

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  16. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  17. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

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  18. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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  19. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.

  20. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

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  21. Reported favorably (18-0).

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  22. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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  23. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

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