| 2019 Legislation Affecting TRSL | ||||
| Bill No. | Author | Summary | Status | TRSL Board of Trustees Position |
| New Benefit Structure (Hybrid Plan) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 28 | Rep. Barry Ivey | Establishes a hybrid retirement benefit structure for members of the state retirement systems first hired on or after July 1, 2020 | Pending House Retirement | Oppose |
| Board of Trustees Term Limits | ||||
| SB 14 | Sen. Barrow Peacock | Provides for term limits for retirement system boards of trustees | Pending Senate Retirement | No position |
| Funding/Employer Contributions | ||||
| HB 19 | Rep. Kevin Pearson | Requires certain payments from minimum foundation program formula funds to the Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana |
Pending House Retirement |
No position |
| Social Security Offsets | ||||
| HCR 20 | Rep. Sam Jones | Memorializes Congress to consider eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) Social Security benefit reductions | Passed the Senate | |
| SCR 34 | Sen. Beth Mizell | Memorializes Congress to consider eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) Social Security benefit reductions | Passed the House | |
2019 Legislative Session
Session News #4: Senate and House adopt resolutions on Social Security Offsets
Apr 17, 2019
The Senate unanimously adopted House Concurrent Resolution 20 (Rep. Jones) and the House unanimously adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 34 (Sen. Mizell), both of which request that Congress consider eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) Social Security benefit reductions. Both concurrent resolutions now await the signature of the Speaker of the House and the Senate President before being...
Session News #3: Recap of Week 1 at the Legislature; a look ahead to Week 2
Apr 12, 2019
This week, a bill that would establish term limits for the TRSL Board of Trustees and other state and statewide retirement systems was amended and deferred in the Senate Retirement Committee. Senate Bill 14 would limit the ability of elected board members of state/statewide retirement systems from running for a term that would allow that board member to serve more than 12 consecutive years. Before being deferred, the following amendments to th...
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