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LouisianaHB 9292026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

INSURANCE: Creates the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Glass Law

Sponsored By: Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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5 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Drivers keep their repair shop choice

For glass claims under your own policy, insurers and insurance agents cannot require a particular repair shop or calibration facility. They cannot make that choice a condition of receiving claim payments or other policy benefits. They can still recommend shops, explain coverage and liability limits, and maintain repair shop networks.

Price and fraud protections for drivers

Louisiana bans glass repair charges, including driver assistance calibration, above amounts reasonably and customarily charged in the state. Shops must give insured customers a written, good-faith cost estimate before work, then an itemized bill and receipt upon payment. The law bans rewards for steering claims to a particular shop, false or incomplete information, false signatures, and misleading prices or relationships. It also bans encouraging false damage dates or locations, damaging vehicles to enlarge claims, and substantially unnecessary work. Claims of insurer approval or full payment require coverage verification directly with the insurer or agent, in writing or a recorded communication.

Safety notices for insured glass repairs

For glass work paid by your own policy, shops cannot contract until you file a claim and they receive its claim or referral number. Before contracting, shops must give written notice about any advanced driver assistance system and its calibration needs. For vehicles with these systems, shops must say whether they will calibrate them to the vehicle maker's specifications. If they cannot or will not, they must refer you to a certified dealership or qualified specialist. After calibration, written results must say whether it met those specifications and, if not, whether dealership or specialist follow-up is needed.

Enforcement backs drivers' glass repair protections

Violations of the glass law count as unfair competition and unfair or deceptive insurance practices. Shops face existing penalties when they knowingly, regularly, or consistently commit prohibited acts. Illegal glass work by unauthorized insurers, or people acting with their actual or apparent authority, counts as conducting insurance business in Louisiana. These rules provide enforcement paths but set no new penalty amount or funding.

Drivers face limits on claim transfers

You cannot transfer or delegate policy rights, benefits, or duties for vehicle glass repair or replacement to someone else. This applies before and after a claim or covered loss. Contracts that violate this rule are void and cannot be enforced. You can still authorize services, direct payment, or pay someone for covered work or materials without transferring policy rights.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael "Gabe" Firment

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Kyle M. Green Jr.

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 244 • No: 0

House vote • 5/13/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/11/2026

The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 4/1/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 3/25/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 327.

    5/22/2026House

  2. Effective date: 05/22/2026.

    5/22/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/19/2026House

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

    5/18/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/18/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/13/2026House

  7. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/12/2026House

  8. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.

    5/12/2026House

  9. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/11/2026Senate

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

    4/28/2026Senate

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/27/2026Senate

  12. Reported with amendments.

    4/22/2026Senate

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

    4/7/2026Senate

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/1/2026House

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

    4/1/2026Senate

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/01/2026.

    3/30/2026House

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

    3/26/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (14-0).

    3/25/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  20. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

  22. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

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