Louisiana Supplemental Retirement Benefits Funding Amendment (2022)

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Louisiana Supplemental Retirement Benefits Funding Amendment
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Election date
November 8, 2022
Topic
State and local government budgets, spending and finance
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Louisiana Supplemental Retirement Benefits Funding Amendment was not on the ballot in Louisiana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.[1]

The amendment would have authorized using nonrecurring state revenue to fund a lump-sum payment to certain retirees and beneficiaries of the State Employees' Retirement System, Teachers' Retirement System, School Employees' Retirement System, and the State Police Retirement System.[1]

Text of measure

Ballot question

The ballot question for the amendment would have been as follows:[1]

Do you support an amendment to authorize the use of any money designated as nonrecurring state revenue to pay supplemental retirement benefits to retired state employees and their beneficiaries and survivors? (Adds Article VII, Section 10(D)(2)(g))


[ ]Yes [ ] No[2]

Full text

The full text is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Louisiana Constitution

In Louisiana, a two-thirds vote is needed in each chamber of the Louisiana State Legislature to refer a legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

This amendment was introduced as House Bill 31 on January 27, 2022. On May 17, 2022, the state House passed HB 31 in a vote of 83-4 with 18 members absent. The measure was not passed before the legislature adjourned the 2022 legislative session on June 6, 2022.[1]

Vote in the Louisiana House of Representatives
May 17, 2022
Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 70  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total83418
Total percent79.05%3.80%17.14%
Democrat2807
Republican53411
Independent200

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Louisiana State Legislature, "House Bill 31," accessed May 19, 2022
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.