---
type: "Bill"
title: "RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to Firefighters' Retirement System's Deferred Retirement Option Plan and unfunded accrued liability (EN NO IMPACT APV)"
description: "RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to Firefighters' Retirement System's Deferred Retirement Option Plan and unfunded accrued liability (EN NO IMPACT APV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "Louisiana HB 29 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick O. Jefferson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88dd1a1a-68aa-45da-9f0c-db8844c8dd81"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239804"
source_hash: "7e0ca756b74537996c4c7871daa385a025533c2786e397a2b78153e998451d5c"
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 HB 29 (2021) — RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Provides relative to Firefighters' Retirement System's Deferred Retirement Option Plan and unfunded accrued liability (EN NO IMPACT APV)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB29 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1200973)
2. **HB29 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235432)
3. **HB29 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221998)
4. **HB29 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224733)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1247, RET, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214442)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1292, RET, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214940)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1498, RET, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216314)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2430, RET, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221984)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2580, Jefferson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222608)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2512, RET, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227415)
11. **HB29 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232546)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#691) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1009) — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#439) — **75–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick O. Jefferson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 250. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-07** Read by title, roll called, yeas 89, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/07/2021.
- **2021-06-03** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-02** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-25** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-24** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-05-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-13** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 15. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2021.
- **2021-05-10** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-06** Reported with amendments (7-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/26/2021.
- **2021-02-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88dd1a1a-68aa-45da-9f0c-db8844c8dd81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).