LouisianaBill would let Louisiana office offer retirement guidance to seniors
If enacted and resources allow, the Office of Elderly Affairs could share retirement and scam guidance with Louisiana residents age 60 and older.
What it does
The Office of Elderly Affairs may create a program to help residents age 60 and older manage retirement money, understand financial products, and spot scams. The office may share materials if it can do so with existing resources; no new funding is required.
Argument forClear guidance and contact information could help older residents spot scams and find organizations that offer more help.
Argument againstOlder residents might not receive the guidance if the office cannot carry out the program with its existing resources.
More detail
The Office of Elderly Affairs may create a retirement guidance program and develop and share educational materials. The program would serve Louisiana residents age 60 and older. Materials may cover retirement money, financial products, unexpected costs, scams, and where to seek help. The office must carry out the section as far as practicable with existing resources and may use or link to existing educational resources. The section does not require additional funding. If enacted, the office would carry out the section as far as practicable with existing resources.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 12Vetoed by the Governor Jeff Landry.Latest
- May 28Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 27Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 27Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 26Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1344). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 25Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 21Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 20Reported favorably.Minor
- May 12Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.Minor
- May 11Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 7Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#971). Result: pass.Lower
- May 6Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- May 6Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
- May 5Reported favorably (18-0).Minor
- Mar 31Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Mar 30Reported with amendments (12-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.Minor
- Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced
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