HB 701 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Creates the Insurance Regulatory Sandbox Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

This bill creates an Insurance Regulatory Sandbox Act to allow the state insurance department to test new insurance products and business models in a controlled environment. The legislation expands the department's authority to issue directives alongside existing regulations and bulletins, enabling more flexible oversight during these pilot programs. It also extends the sunset date for the sandbox program from 2029 to 2032 and clarifies the timeline for annual reporting requirements.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Signed May 23, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024

How they voted

340
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 38
May 13, 2024
D Democratic12
9 Yea 3
75% Yea
R Republican26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 6, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 15. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Kim Carver
Kim Carver
RRepublican
LA
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