INSURANCE: Provides relative to insurance fraud
HB 739 amends Louisiana insurance laws to clarify definitions and procedures related to insurance fraud. It defines "business of insurance" to include sales, claims resolution, and advertising, while excluding licensed lawyers and healthcare advocates assisting patients. The bill specifies that criminal fraud investigations must be handled by law enforcement or prosecutors, not insurance fraud offices, though the office may assist with consent. It also maintains the commissioner's role in overseeing unfair trade practices affecting the insurance industry.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Feb 27, 2026
Signed Apr 30, 2026
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What changed between versions
HB739 Original
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HB739 Act
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized into an enrolled act, changing the document type and page count from a draft to an official law. Substantively, the text was cleaned up to fix grammatical errors and remove redundant legal phrasing, such as deleting the word 'The' from the beginning of several sections. The core policy regarding insurance fraud investigation and prohibited practices remains unchanged.
Scope change
The scope of the law remains the same; the changes are technical corrections to the text rather than new policy rules.
TECHNICAL
Removed the word 'The' from the beginning of multiple sentences to fix grammatical errors and improve readability.
Updated the document header to reflect that the bill is now an 'ENROLLED' Act No. 32, indicating it has passed all legislative stages.
Reduced the page count from 5 to 4 by consolidating text and removing unnecessary spacing.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2026 · House Mar 30, 2026
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Apr 22, 2026
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican28
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Apr 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 13, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 8, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stephanie Berault
RRepublican
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