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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana re-creates the Department of Insurance through June 2031
Last action · April 30, 2026: Effective date: 06/30/2026.Sponsor: Gabe Firment
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana re-creates the Department of Insurance and its associated statutory entities effective June 30, 2026, extending their statutory authority through July 1, 2031.
Extends the operational life and regulatory authority of the state's insurance oversight body for an additional five-year cycle.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Insurance
The department's operational existence and statutory authority are extended through June 30, 2031.
Key Facts
- The Department of Insurance and its statutory entities are re-created effective June 30, 2026.
- All statutory authority for the Department of Insurance will cease on July 1, 2031, unless re-created again prior to that date.
- R.S. 49:191(3)(b) is enacted to set the termination phase-out date for the department.
- R.S. 49:191(1)(e) is repealed in its entirety.
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- The Act becomes effective on June 30, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- Apr 30, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 30.
- Apr 30, 2026HouseEffective date: 06/30/2026.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
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- Apr 22, 2026SenateFloorRead by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 13, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (13-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
- Feb 20, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 20, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
- Feb 20, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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