---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE POLICE RET FUND: Provides for the qualification for survivor benefits. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV)"
description: "STATE POLICE RET FUND: Provides for the qualification for survivor benefits. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Louisiana SB 5 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrow Peacock"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/714f6bf7-2ed7-4c18-9402-d6cdb8d1ffb3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233068"
source_hash: "a9b2422591491242e087b4420db928cbf0250242b23131971c578fdd81678449"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 5 (2018) — STATE POLICE RET FUND: Provides for the qualification for survivor benefits. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB5 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1060935)
2. **SB5 Act 213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1099176)
3. **SB5 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074302)
4. **SB5 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093793)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#785) — **91–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#21) — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barrow Peacock — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-15** Effective date 5/15/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 213. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-09** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-07** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2018-05-07** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-05-07** Called from the calendar.
- **2018-05-07** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/18.
- **2018-04-23** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2018-04-18** Reported favorably (6-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-03-19** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2018-03-15** Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-03-13** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/714f6bf7-2ed7-4c18-9402-d6cdb8d1ffb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).