Louisiana Removing Payment Order Requirement for State Retirement System Unfunded Liability Amendment (2026)
Unofficial result: Failed
Source: voterportal.sos.la.gov
Louisiana
My vote power: Above average
What does this measure do?
Louisiana would keep sending 25% of one-time state money to pay down pension debt but let each retirement system choose which debt to pay first instead of the oldest. Retirement benefits would not change, and the state expects no cost.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Louisiana Legislature (House Bill 27, Rep. Dixon McMakin)
Rep. McMakin is a Baton Rouge Republican. It passed the House 87-0 and the Senate 34-0.
Source: legis.la.gov
A YES vote means
A state retirement system could use this one-time money to pay down any of its pension debts instead of the oldest one first.
A NO vote means
Each system would still have to pay down its oldest pension debt first.
No financial records found for this ballot measure.
Sources: legis.la.gov2