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LouisianaHB 2342026 Regular SessionHouse

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Insurance

Sponsored By: Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Insurance

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Louisiana insurance department renewed with scheduled shutdown

The law re-creates Louisiana’s Department of Insurance and its related legal entities beginning June 30, 2026. They begin ending operations on July 1, 2030. Their legal authority ends July 1, 2031, unless they are re-created before then under Louisiana law. The law does not directly change household insurance costs, eligibility, or coverage.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael "Gabe" Firment

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 149 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/22/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 3/25/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 101 • No: 0

House vote • 3/18/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 30.

    4/30/2026House

  2. Effective date: 06/30/2026.

    4/30/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    4/28/2026House

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    4/27/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    4/27/2026Senate

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    4/23/2026House

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/22/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/14/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/13/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/8/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

    3/31/2026Senate

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    3/30/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/25/2026House

  14. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    3/23/2026House

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.

    3/23/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (13-0).

    3/18/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.

    3/9/2026House

  18. Prefiled.

    2/20/2026House

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.

    2/20/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

    2/20/2026House

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