---
type: "Bill"
title: "TEACHERS/SALARY: Requires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (Item #2) (EN GF EX See Note)"
description: "TEACHERS/SALARY: Requires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (Item #2) (EN GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s3"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Louisiana HB 5 (2024s3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Bacala"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-11-01"
last_action: "2024-12-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aa51392-5cca-4f36-a8d6-67cfbfcf8852"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247848"
source_hash: "da20726bdecd4213a9b6cde7683bbd05e44f8d854e27ae1086d07b7d53fd1953"
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 5 (2024s3) — TEACHERS/SALARY: Requires school systems to provide a salary increase for teachers and other school employees using savings attributable to the state's payment of certain unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (Item #2) (EN GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB5 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390000)
2. **HB5 Act 8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391653)
3. **HB5 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390548)
4. **HB5 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390813)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #38, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390468)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #83, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390525)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #84, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390541)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #144, Melerine, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390789)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #151, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391062)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #197, Edmonds, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391290)
11. **HB5 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391396)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#63) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#32) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#37) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#36) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tony Bacala — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Chance Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rashid Young — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Allain — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-04** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-12-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 8. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-11-25** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-11-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-11-22** Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-11-22** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-11-22** Rules suspended. 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`
- **2024-11-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-11-19** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-18** Rules suspended. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-11-18** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-14** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-11-14** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-11-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 11/14/2024.
- **2024-11-13** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-11-13** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-13** Reported favorably (23-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-12** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-11-12** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-12** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-06** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aa51392-5cca-4f36-a8d6-67cfbfcf8852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).