---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES: Increases survivor benefits for dependent children of firemen and law enforcement officers. (8/1/24) (EN +$200,000 GF EX See Note)"
description: "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES: Increases survivor benefits for dependent children of firemen and law enforcement officers. (8/1/24) (EN +$200,000 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "Louisiana SB 31 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William \"Bill\" Wheat , Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5243d36a-f136-4fb1-8d66-96c7411c02fa"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245783"
source_hash: "8077ec114bd3801cf29fde785230dd6d2bc14baf35ecd287d65afde501008b5d"
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 31 (2024) — PUBLIC EMPLOYEES: Increases survivor benefits for dependent children of firemen and law enforcement officers. (8/1/24) (EN +$200,000 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB31 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346793)
2. **SB31 Act 283** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380730)
3. **SB31 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369841)
4. **SB31 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377739)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#480) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1278) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 283. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-13** Reported favorably (20-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-29** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Finance. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5243d36a-f136-4fb1-8d66-96c7411c02fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).