HB 441 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Provides for fees collected by the commissioner of insurance (EN +$5,311,560 SG RV See Note)

HB 441 raises fees for insurance professionals and companies in Louisiana. It increases annual fees for health maintenance organizations ($1,000 to $2,000), producer license applications (e.g., $75 to $100 for initial business entity appointments), claims adjuster registrations ($55 to $75 for first-time applicants), and public adjuster licenses. These fee changes affect insurance producers, claims adjusters, public adjusters, and specific insurers like health maintenance organizations. The bill takes effect January 1, 2026, with no specified policy changes beyond fee adjustments.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jul 2025
Introduced Apr 4, 2025 Signed Jul 1, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB441 Original HB441 Act 501 · 8 edits
MODERATE
This bill increases various insurance-related fees collected by the Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance to fund regulatory operations. The changes affect producers, claims adjusters, public adjusters, and financial entities by raising application, renewal, and regulation fees.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of fee increases to include public adjusters (previously only producers and claims adjusters were mentioned in the digest) and raises the annual financial regulation fee for specific health and property insurers.
FISCAL

Increased the annual financial regulation fee for health maintenance organizations, domestic/foreign companies, vehicle mechanical breakdown insurers, and property residual value insurers from $1,000 to $2,000.

Raised the fee for producers' license applications for additional lines of insurance from $50 to $75.

Increased the initial company appointment fee for producers from $30 to $45.

Raised the annual renewal company appointment fee for individual producers from $20 to $35.

Changed the producer renewal fee structure to a flat rate of $75 every two years for one or more lines of insurance, replacing the previous tiered structure.

Increased claims adjuster and public adjuster first-time applicant fees from $55 to $75.

Increased claims adjuster and public adjuster biannual renewal fees from $50 to $75.

TIMELINE

Established an effective date of January 1, 2026, for the new fee amounts.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 3, 2025 · House Apr 30, 2025

How they voted

360
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 3, 2025
D Democratic11
11 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Jun 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 28, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 19, 2025
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Chance Henry
RRepublican
LA
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