--- type: "Bill" title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the application of state monies to the unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)" description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the application of state monies to the unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 473" citation: "Louisiana HB 473 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Julie Emerson"] version_count: 10 action_count: 36 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-04-04" last_action: "2025-06-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bc5772d-afed-481d-89c1-2cd2d34f28ef" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248504" source_hash: "81ee773330ec1b2c01dd7bbc3e5b1a356d4d7d6f4d0e816396165f18bf9a0b6e" 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 473 (2025) — FUNDS/FUNDING: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the application of state monies to the unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (EN DECREASE SD RV See Note) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB473 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403908) 2. **Conference Committee Report, #4404, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424931) 3. **HB473 Act 222** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425424) 4. **HB473 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409018) 5. **HB473 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413781) 6. **House Floor Amendment, #2681, Emerson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413659) 7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2798, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421443) 8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2845, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421602) 9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3151, Edmonds, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423346) 10. **HB473 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425326) ## Votes - REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1128) — **92–0** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#334) — **95–1** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#804) — **39–0** (pass) · upper - ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1255) — **97–0** (pass) · lower - ADOPT (#997) — **37–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Julie Emerson — primary (person) - Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-06-16** Effective date: See Act. - **2025-06-16** Becomes Act No. 222. `became-law` - **2025-06-16** Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. - **2025-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate. - **2025-06-12** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled` - **2025-06-12** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays. - **2025-06-12** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. Having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the Conference Committee Report was adopted. - **2025-06-12** Rules suspended. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules. - **2025-06-11** House conferees appointed: Emerson, Schlegel, and Carlson. - **2025-06-11** Notice of Senate conferees appointed. - **2025-06-11** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed. - **2025-06-11** Senate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Price, and Stine. - **2025-06-10** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments. - **2025-06-10** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0. The Senate amendments, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were rejected. Conference committee appointment pending. - **2025-06-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025. - **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt` - **2025-06-09** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar. - **2025-06-08** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. - **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. - **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3` - **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-14** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-05-13** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1` - **2025-05-12** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2025-05-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025. - **2025-05-07** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2025-05-06** Reported without amendments (13-0). - **2025-04-29** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. - **2025-04-28** Reported favorably (15-0. To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bc5772d-afed-481d-89c1-2cd2d34f28ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).