---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE EMPLOYEE RET: Provides for firefighters at state agencies to be members of the hazardous duty plan. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/19) (EN INCREASE APV)"
description: "STATE EMPLOYEE RET: Provides for firefighters at state agencies to be members of the hazardous duty plan. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/19) (EN INCREASE APV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Louisiana SB 15 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Long"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2880b78d-c49c-4c5c-bb4e-577af4c06591"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235650"
source_hash: "6ecc37d77efd7e2b58acfdef67f29ef1d2d63d9e60b55baa1bafa97cc9d75c52"
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 15 (2019) — STATE EMPLOYEE RET: Provides for firefighters at state agencies to be members of the hazardous duty plan. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (6/30/19) (EN INCREASE APV)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB15 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1113199)
2. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1509, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130662)
3. **SB15 Act 42** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141861)
4. **SB15 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1123414)
5. **SB15 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138486)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#541) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#516) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#55) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#54) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald Long — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad Appel — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Erdey — cosponsor (person)
- Dan W. Morrish — cosponsor (person)
- Danny Martiny — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- James R. Fannin — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- John Alario — cosponsor (person)
- John Milkovich — cosponsor (person)
- John R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Carter Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Walsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Norby Chabert — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Gatti — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Yvonne Colomb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-01** Effective date 6/30/2019.
- **2019-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 42. `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 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-05-23** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, 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, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-07** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably (6-0). 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 37 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/2880b78d-c49c-4c5c-bb4e-577af4c06591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).