INSURANCE: Repeals the termination provision of the Sledge Jeansonne Louisiana Insurance Fraud Prevention Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
This bill repeals the termination provision of the Sledge Jeansonne Louisiana Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, which previously allowed the state to end its participation in the program. The change directly affects the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner and the state's ability to enforce fraud prevention measures under that specific law. By removing this section, the legislation removes the legal mechanism that could have halted the program's operations. The bill does not alter the core requirements for reporting insurance fraud but eliminates the specific clause governing the program's potential termination.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Apr 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 16, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% 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 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, 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. 304 reported by the Committee on Insurance (15-0).
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jacob Braud
RRepublican
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