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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 311 increases insurance premium allocations for municipal fire and police civil service operations
Last action · April 8, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.Sponsor: Timothy P. Kerner
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 311 raises the percentage of insurance premium assessments dedicated to the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Operating , increasing funding starting in 2027-2028 with an effective date of July 1, 2026.
The measure alters how state insurance premium revenues are distributed, shifting a larger fraction toward funding the office of the state examiner for municipal fire and police civil service starting in mid-2026.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
insurers doing business in this state
Insurers subject to the Subpart pay assessments based on direct gross premiums received, which fund the dedicated account.
office of state examiner, Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service
The office receives increased funding allocations from the dedicated fund account to support its operations.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
10 actions- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 7, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 1, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (16-0).
Show 4 earlier actions
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 24, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 24, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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