Bill Commons

LA HB 739

enacted

INSURANCE: Provides relative to insurance fraud

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did LA HB 739 pass?

Yes. LA HB 739 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-30): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 32.

What is LA HB 739 about?

LA HB 739 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “INSURANCE: Provides relative to insurance fraud”.

Who sponsors LA HB 739?

Stephanie Berault is the primary sponsor of LA HB 739.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-30 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 32.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Stephanie Beraultprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-30

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 32.

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  2. 2026-04-30

    Effective date: 04/30/2026.

  3. 2026-04-28

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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  4. 2026-04-27

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

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  5. 2026-04-27

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. 2026-04-23

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

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  7. 2026-04-22

    Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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  8. 2026-04-14

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

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  9. 2026-04-13

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-04-08

    Reported favorably.

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  11. 2026-04-01

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

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  12. 2026-03-31

    Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

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  13. 2026-03-30

    Called from the calendar.

  14. 2026-03-30

    Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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  15. 2026-03-25

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  16. 2026-03-25

    Notice given.

  17. 2026-03-25

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.

  18. 2026-03-23

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

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  19. 2026-03-23

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.

  20. 2026-03-18

    Reported with amendments (13-0).

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  21. 2026-03-09

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.

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  22. 2026-02-27

    Prefiled.

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  23. 2026-02-27

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.

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  24. 2026-02-27

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

Versions

  • House Committee Amendment, #1915, INS, DraftCompare
  • House Committee Amendment, #1917, INS, DraftCompare
  • House Committee Amendment, #1930, INS, DraftCompare
  • House Committee Amendment, #1938, INS, AdoptedCompare
  • House Floor Amendment, #2126, Berault, AdoptedCompare
  • House Floor Amendment, #2798, Berault, AdoptedCompare
  • HB739 OriginalCompare
  • HB739 EngrossedCompare
  • HB739 ReengrossedCompare
  • HB739 EnrolledCompare
  • HB739 ActCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE (#195)

    2026-03-30 · pass · 98-0

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Egan: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Farnum: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Amedee: yes
    • Firment: yes
    • McMahen: yes
    • Bacala: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • McMakin: yes
    • Bamburg: yes
    • Fontenot: yes
    • Melerine: yes
    • Bayham: yes
    • Freeman: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Beaullieu: yes
    • Freiberg: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Berault: yes
    • Gadberry: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Billings: yes
    • Galle: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Glorioso: yes
    • Muscarello: yes
    • Bourriaque: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Newell: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Hebert: yes
    • Orgeron: yes
    • Boyer: yes
    • Henry, C.: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Brass: yes
    • Henry, D.: yes
    • Riser: yes
    • Braud: yes
    • Hilferty: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Broussard: yes
    • Horton: yes
    • Schamerhorn: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Illg: yes
    • Schlegel: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • St. Blanc: yes
    • Carlson: yes
    • Johnson, M.: yes
    • Stagni: yes
    • Carpenter: yes
    • Johnson, T.: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Carter, R.: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Kerner: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Chassion: yes
    • Knox: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Chenevert: yes
    • LaCombe: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Coates: yes
    • LaFleur: yes
    • Villio: yes
    • Cox: yes
    • Landry, J.: yes
    • Walters: yes
    • Crews: yes
    • Landry, M.: yes
    • Wilder: yes
    • Deshotel: yes
    • Landry, T.: yes
    • Wiley: yes
    • Dewitt: yes
    • Larvadain: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Dickerson: yes
    • Lyons: yes
    • Wyble: yes
    • Domangue: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Echols: yes
    • Marcelle: yes
    • Zeringue: yes
    • Edmonston: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Bagley: other
    • Geymann: other
    • Ventrella: other
    • Carrier: other
    • Phelps: other
    • Carter, W.: other
    • Spell: other
  • FINAL PASSAGE (#435)

    2026-04-22 · pass · 36-0

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Foil: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Abraham: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Myers: yes
    • Allain: yes
    • Hensgens: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Barrow: yes
    • Hodges: yes
    • Pressly: yes
    • Barthelemy: yes
    • Jackson-Andrews: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Bass: yes
    • Kleinpeter: yes
    • Reese: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Seabaugh: yes
    • Cloud: yes
    • Luneau: yes
    • Selders: yes
    • Connick: yes
    • McMath: yes
    • Stine: yes
    • Duplessis: yes
    • Miguez: yes
    • Talbot: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Wheat: yes
    • Fesi: yes
    • Mizell: yes
    • Womack: yes
    • Boudreaux: other
    • Cathey: other
    • Jenkins: other

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