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IntroducedFeb 27, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 15, 2026
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Passed HouseMay 19, 2026
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Became Law
Louisiana Senate Bill
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Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 19, 2026: Received from the House with amendments.
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Senate Calendar: Senate Bills Returned from House with Amendments
Position: 30
Summary
Comments on SB 401
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors

- Tehmi Chassioncosponsor
Votes
YES: 96
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Domangue
- Marcelle
- Adams
- Echols
- Martinez
- Amedee
- Edmonston
- McCormick
- Bacala
- Egan
- McFarland
- Bamburg
- Firment
- McMahen
- Bayham
- Fisher
- Melerine
- Beaullieu
- Fontenot
- Miller
- Berault
- Freeman
- Moore
- Billings
- Freiberg
- Murray
- Boudreaux
- Gadberry
- Muscarello
- Bourriaque
- Galle
- Newell
- Boyd
- Geymann
- Orgeron
- Boyer
- Glorioso
- Owen
- Brass
- Green
- Riser
- Braud
- Hebert
- Sawyer
- Broussard
- Henry, C.
- Schamerhorn
- Bryant
- Henry, D.
- Schlegel
- Butler
- Horton
- Spell
- Carlson
- Illg
- St. Blanc
- Carpenter
- Jackson
- Stagni
- Carrier
- Johnson, M.
- Tarver
- Carter, R.
- Johnson, T.
- Taylor
- Carter, W.
- Jordan
- Thomas
- Carver
- Kerner
- Turner
- Chassion
- Knox
- Ventrella
- Chenevert
- LaCombe
- Villio
- Coates
- LaFleur
- Walters
- Cox
- Landry, J.
- Wilder
- Crews
- Landry, T.
- Wiley
- Deshotel
- Larvadain
- Wright
- Dewitt
- Lyons
- Wyble
- Dickerson
- Mack
- Young
NO: 0
Actions
- May 19, 2026 | Senate
- Received from the House with amendments.
- May 19, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
- May 18, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
- May 13, 2026 | House
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- May 12, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 05, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 29, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (11-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 21, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
- Apr 20, 2026 | House
- Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- Apr 15, 2026 | Senate
- Called from the Calendar.
- Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- Apr 07, 2026 | Senate
- Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 01, 2026 | Senate
- Reported with amendments.
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
Bill Texts
- SB401 OriginalPDF
- SB401 EngrossedPDF
- SB401 ReengrossedPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1543, INS, DraftPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1601, INS, DraftPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1605, INS, DraftPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1612, INS, DraftPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1641, INS, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Floor Amendment, #1859, Talbot, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Floor Amendment, #1917, Talbot, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Floor Amendment, #2009, Talbot, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Floor Amendment, #2203, Talbot, AdoptedPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #4642, INS, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #4688, INS, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #4733, INS, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #4741, INS, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #4758, INS, AdoptedPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #5431, H&G, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #5508, H&G, AdoptedPDF
- House Floor Amendment, #5542, Henry, Chance, AdoptedPDF
