---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE POLICE RETIREMENT: Provides for a surviving spouse benefit to resume in certain circumstances. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (7/1/2019) (EN INCREASE APV)"
description: "STATE POLICE RETIREMENT: Provides for a surviving spouse benefit to resume in certain circumstances. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (7/1/2019) (EN INCREASE APV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Louisiana SB 13 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronnie Johns"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cbfe190-d1d3-4c40-a50a-a2ed68cd81ae"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235648"
source_hash: "6ae6f676d646b5911060e75ef4af3e66445a5718eeef28aa7b14503e0fdd562d"
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 13 (2019) — STATE POLICE RETIREMENT: Provides for a surviving spouse benefit to resume in certain circumstances. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (7/1/2019) (EN INCREASE APV)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB13 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1113195)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #2544, Pearson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133291)
3. **SB13 Act 41** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141859)
4. **SB13 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1123443)
5. **SB13 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138482)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#53) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#515) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#539) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ronnie Johns — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Long — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- John Milkovich — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Walsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-01** Effective date 7/1/2019.
- **2019-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 41. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-05-23** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-04-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-04-16** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** 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/8cbfe190-d1d3-4c40-a50a-a2ed68cd81ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).