---
type: "Bill"
title: "RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Requires a physical exam that meets or exceeds national standards for purposes of membership in the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN DECREASE APV)"
description: "RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Requires a physical exam that meets or exceeds national standards for purposes of membership in the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN DECREASE APV)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 612"
citation: "Louisiana HB 612 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Abraham"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94aa91ff-2a19-429d-80c8-18618877e946"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236761"
source_hash: "3951b36f8dd111a1d3d13c312aadee3dd5f68c5cc1b721222c314f6074d4da71"
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 612 (2019) — RETIREMENT/FIREFIGHTERS: Requires a physical exam that meets or exceeds national standards for purposes of membership in the Firefighters' Retirement System (EN DECREASE APV)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB612 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127964)
2. **HB612 Act 254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144120)
3. **HB612 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127971)
4. **HB612 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132639)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1696, Abraham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128259)
6. **HB612 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138548)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#218) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#503) — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Abraham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 254. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-21** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/19.
- **2019-04-30** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 16 reported by the Committee on Retirement (6-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94aa91ff-2a19-429d-80c8-18618877e946`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).