INSURANCE: Repeals the effectiveness provision of the insurance fraud investigation unit within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
This bill removes the legal authority for the Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit, which is currently part of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections in Louisiana. By repealing the specific statute that established this unit, the legislation effectively dissolves the agency and ends its ability to conduct investigations into insurance fraud. The change applies to the state's law enforcement structure by eliminating the designated office responsible for this specific type of financial crime investigation.
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 27, 2024
Signed May 23, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
May 13, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
3
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 1, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 196 reported by the Committee on Insurance (13-0).
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dennis Bamburg
RRepublican
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