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IntroducedFeb 26, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Passed SenateMay 26, 2026
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
INSURANCE: Creates the Paid Family Leave Insurance Act
Last Action See all actions
House • Jun 01, 2026: Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 591
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors

- Tehmi Chassioncosponsor
Votes
YES: 95
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Egan
- McCormick
- Adams
- Firment
- McFarland
- Amedee
- Fisher
- McMahen
- Bagley
- Fontenot
- Melerine
- Bamburg
- Freeman
- Mena
- Bayham
- Freiberg
- Miller
- Beaullieu
- Gadberry
- Moore
- Berault
- Galle
- Murray
- Billings
- Glorioso
- Muscarello
- Bourriaque
- Green
- Newell
- Boyd
- Hebert
- Orgeron
- Boyer
- Henry, C.
- Owen
- Brass
- Henry, D.
- Phelps
- Braud
- Hilferty
- Riser
- Broussard
- Horton
- Sawyer
- Bryant
- Illg
- Schlegel
- Butler
- Jackson
- Spell
- Carlson
- Johnson, M.
- St. Blanc
- Carpenter
- Johnson, T.
- Stagni
- Carrier
- Jordan
- Tarver
- Carter, R.
- Kerner
- Taylor
- Carver
- Knox
- Thomas
- Chassion
- LaCombe
- Thompson
- Chenevert
- LaFleur
- Turner
- Coates
- Landry, J.
- Ventrella
- Cox
- Landry, M.
- Villio
- Deshotel
- Landry, T.
- Wilder
- Dewitt
- Larvadain
- Wiley
- Dickerson
- Lyons
- Wright
- Domangue
- Mack
- Wyble
- Echols
- Marcelle
- Zeringue
- Edmonston
- Martinez
NO: 0
YES: 93
- Amedee
- Fisher
- McMahen
- Bacala
- Fontenot
- McMakin
- Bamburg
- Freeman
- Melerine
- Beaullieu
- Freiberg
- Mena
- Berault
- Gadberry
- Miller
- Billings
- Galle
- Moore
- Boudreaux
- Geymann
- Murray
- Bourriaque
- Glorioso
- Muscarello
- Boyd
- Green
- Newell
- Boyer
- Hebert
- Orgeron
- Brass
- Henry, C.
- Owen
- Braud
- Henry, D.
- Riser
- Broussard
- Hilferty
- Sawyer
- Bryant
- Horton
- Schamerhorn
- Butler
- Illg
- Schlegel
- Carlson
- Johnson, M.
- Spell
- Carrier
- Johnson, T.
- St. Blanc
- Carter, R.
- Jordan
- Stagni
- Carver
- Kerner
- Tarver
- Chenevert
- Knox
- Taylor
- Coates
- LaCombe
- Thomas
- Cox
- LaFleur
- Thompson
- Crews
- Landry, J.
- Turner
- Deshotel
- Landry, M.
- Ventrella
- Dewitt
- Landry, T.
- Villio
- Dickerson
- Larvadain
- Walters
- Domangue
- Lyons
- Wilder
- Echols
- Mack
- Wiley
- Edmonston
- Marcelle
- Wright
- Egan
- Martinez
- Wyble
- Firment
- McCormick
- Zeringue
NO: 0
ABSENT: 12
Actions
- Jun 01, 2026 | House
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
- Jun 01, 2026 | Senate
- Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 31, 2026 | House
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 29, 2026 | House
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- May 27, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26, 2026 | House
- Received from the Senate with amendments.
- May 26, 2026 | Senate
- Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 25, 2026 | Senate
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 21, 2026 | Senate
- Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 20, 2026 | Senate
- Reported with amendments.
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 07, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 31, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (14-0).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
- Feb 27, 2026 | House
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
Bill Texts
- HB591 OriginalPDF
- HB591 EngrossedPDF
- HB591 EnrolledPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #2639, INS, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #2658, INS, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #2780, INS, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #2887, INS, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #3158, INS, DraftPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #4149, INS, AdoptedPDF
