CIVIL/VENUE: Provides for venue for actions involving certain insurers
This bill modifies the rules for determining where lawsuits can be filed against certain non-resident insurers. Currently, the law allows cases against foreign or alien insurers to be heard in the plaintiff's home parish, but this bill clarifies that these specific insurers are exempt from that rule. Instead, such cases must be brought in the parish where the insurer is licensed to do business or where it has appointed an agent to receive legal papers. The change primarily affects individuals and businesses seeking to sue out-of-state insurance companies by specifying the correct court location for these actions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 15, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2024 · House Apr 18, 2024
How they voted
25–10
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 38
May 28, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Nay
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
5
Committee
7
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 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 23, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Insurance.
upper
Apr 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0-1).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Michael Melerine
RRepublican
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