INSURANCE/AUTOMOBILE: Requests the Department of Insurance to study and make recommendations with respect to eliminating the state requirement for motor vehicle insurance and the approaches taken by other states with minimal or noncompulsory requirements
This bill asks the Louisiana Department of Insurance to form a task force that studies whether the state should stop requiring drivers to carry auto insurance. The study will also look at how other states handle insurance rules, such as allowing people to self-insure or pay a fee instead of buying coverage. The task force will include representatives from insurance companies, consumer groups, and other organizations, and it must submit a written report with its findings and recommendations by February 1, 2025. This resolution does not change any laws right now but sets up a group to gather information and suggest possible future changes to the state's insurance requirements.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 8, 2024
Last action May 23, 2024
Floor votes · House May 22, 2024
How they voted
96–1
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 105
May 22, 2024
D
Democratic32
84% Yea
R
Republican73
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called on final consideration, yeas 96, nays 1. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
May 9, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Edmond Jordan
DDemocratic
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