Legislative Session News Archive
2nd Extraordinary Session News #3: Return-to-work bill continues to move forward
Oct 16, 2020
House Bill 97 (Rep. Bacala), formerly House Bill 36, is a substitute bill regarding return-to-work guidelines during states of emergency. The bill went before and received final passage in the full House on Thursday. It now moves to the Senate Retirement Committee for consideration. The bill would authorize re-employment of retirees from the four state retirement systems during a declared state of emergency without suspension or reductio...
2nd Extraordinary Session News #2: Emergency return-to-work bill moves forward
Oct 12, 2020
This morning, the House retirement committee met and reported favorably, by substitute bill, House Bill 36 (Rep. Bacala). The bill, which will receive a new bill number, is a return-to-work bill that would authorize the re-employment of retirees from the four state retirement systems during a declared state of emergency without suspension or reduction of benefits if the following conditions occur:The hiring occurs during a state of emergency decl...
2nd Extraordinary Session News #1: Return-to-work bill filed in Second Extraordinary Session
Sep 30, 2020
The 2020 Second Extraordinary Session called by the Louisiana Legislature began at 6 p.m., Monday, September 28, and a bill related to return-to-work retirees was filed in the House. House Bill 36 (Rep. Bacala) would authorize the re-employment of retirees from the four state retirement systems during a declared state of emergency without suspension or reduction of benefits if the following conditions occur: The re-employment occurs during...
Regular Session News #10: End of session delivers return-to-work and appropriation bills, Social Security resolutions, and PBI study
Jun 2, 2020
The 2020 Regular Session, which began March 9, ended yesterday. Two bills and four resolutions impacting TRSL passed. Here’s a look at them. Returning to work after retirement House Bill 8 (Rep. Bourriaque) makes significant changes to the return-to-work law. Establishes that the current return-to-work law only applies to retirees who have returned to work with an employer covered by TRSL on or before June 30, 2020, and to r...