---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE RET: Provides for the purchase of service and salary credit for members furloughed due to COVID-19. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV)"
description: "MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE RET: Provides for the purchase of service and salary credit for members furloughed due to COVID-19. (2/3 - CA10s29(F)) (gov sig) (EN INCREASE APV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Louisiana SB 21 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Mills"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c16a0cb-137f-4a73-b903-7119d909d878"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239816"
source_hash: "0f9e8eeef4f5dff68594ba7e39c6b2aee2196f9ec1bf627a19eae32b012d2125"
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 21 (2021) — MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE RET: Provides for the purchase of service and salary credit for members furloughed due to COVID-19. (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. **SB21 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1201168)
2. **SB21 Act 36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230683)
3. **SB21 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214948)
4. **SB21 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227205)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#81) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#546) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Mills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-01** Effective date 6/1/2021.
- **2021-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 36. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-27** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/25/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-05-24** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-05-24** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2021-05-19** Read third time by title, 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`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2021.
- **2021-05-11** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-10** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-04-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-21** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** 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/1c16a0cb-137f-4a73-b903-7119d909d878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).