LouisianaLouisiana law sets pay schedules and lists Senate district precincts
Louisiana law provides salary schedules and merit raises for parish election officials, and lists precincts in three state Senate districts.
What it does
Louisiana law provides population-based salary schedules for parish registrars and their senior staff. An excellent merit review leads to a raise, subject to limits.
Louisiana law lists precincts in Senate districts 33, 34, and 35. Current officeholders keep their terms; later appointments and elections for district-based offices use these descriptions.
Argument forAn excellent merit review could help a registrar or senior staff member earn a step increase, with limits on how many additional raises they can receive.
Argument againstParish populations could change soon after a census, while officials may have to wait until the next scheduled adjustment for population-based salary schedules to catch up.
More detail
The law provides population-based salary schedules for parish registrars, chief deputies, and confidential assistants, along with merit-based raises. The schedules cover parish registrars and their chief deputies and confidential assistants. Population figures help determine the applicable range. An excellent merit review leads to a step increase up to the top of the applicable population range. After more than 12 months at step ten, an excellent review leads to a 5% raise; no employee may receive more than five such annual raises. The Department of State may adjust these salaries for population changes only once each decade, one year after receiving the federal census.
The law lists precincts for state Senate districts 33, 34, and 35. The descriptions cover Louisiana Senate districts 33, 34, and 35. The listed precincts refer to the Legislature's 2026 precinct files and include their subdivisions. District boundaries remain in effect despite later precinct changes unless changed by law. The descriptions do not shorten the term of anyone already serving in an office tied to a Senate district. Later appointments and elections for such offices use the districts described here. These district provisions took effect when the act became law without the governor's signature. They apply to appointments and elections after that effective date.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 23Becomes Act No. 955 without the Governor's signature.Latest
- Jun 23Effective date 6/22/2026.
- Jun 1Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.To Governor
- Jun 1Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.Minor
- May 31Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 32 yeas and 3 nays.
- Vote recorded CONCUR (#1580). Result: pass.Upper
- May 29Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1651). Result: pass.Lower
- May 29Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- May 29Called from the calendar.
- May 29Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 3. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- May 29Received from the House with amendments.Minor
- May 28Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- May 27Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- May 26Reported with amendments (16-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.Minor
- May 20Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- May 19Reported with amendments (11-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.Minor
- May 18Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- May 18Called from the calendar.
- May 18Rules suspended.
- May 18Read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- May 13Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#830). Result: pass.Upper
- May 12Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 11Reported with amendments.Minor
- Mar 23Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- Mar 18Reported with amendments.Minor
- Mar 9Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Feb 2Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Introduced
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