House Bill No. proposes a constitutional amendment to Article V, Section 23(B) of the Louisiana Constitution regarding the mandatory retirement of judges. The bill seeks to eliminate the current age limitation that requires judges to retire upon reaching their seventieth birthday. Instead, it stipulates that judges shall not remain in office after they attain one hundred percent of their final average compensation from the judicial retirement system. Additionally, judges who become eligible for this compensation while serving a term will be allowed to complete that term.

The proposed amendment will apply to all judges sworn into office on or after January 1, 1997, and it is set to be submitted to voters during the statewide election on November 3, 2026, or at an earlier authorized election. The ballot will present the proposition for voters to decide whether to support the removal of the age limitation and the new retirement compensation criteria for judges.