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+type: "Bill"
+title: "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: Provides relative to the discretion vested in the commissioner of insurance to levy fines for the violation of complaint directives. (8/1/18) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
+description: "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: Provides relative to the discretion vested in the commissioner of insurance to levy fines for the violation of complaint directives. (8/1/18) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 35"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 35 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John R. Smith"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-02-21"
+last_action: "2018-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6990c9b-2063-4a71-aa19-f3c893ba9a78"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233248"
+source_hash: "cbe3769ca3f47c83819ef81e3d4b3844ce5238dd8ce11afa1ae13c0b195fc861"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana SB 35 (2018) — INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: Provides relative to the discretion vested in the commissioner of insurance to levy fines for the violation of complaint directives. (8/1/18) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB35 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1065555)
+2. **House Floor Amendment, #2601, Talbot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1086192)
+3. **SB35 Act 14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1092562)
+4. **SB35 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074829)
+5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #878, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074772)
+6. **SB35 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1087747)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#65) — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
+- CONCUR (#418) — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#454) — **94–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John R. Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-28** Effective date 8/1/2018.
+- **2018-04-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 14. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-04-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 4/19/2018. `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-04-19** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2018-04-18** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2018-04-17** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
+- **2018-04-16** Received from the House with amendments.
+- **2018-04-16** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2018-04-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/16/18.
+- **2018-04-06** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2018-04-05** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2018-04-04** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2018-03-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-19** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2018-03-19** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2018-03-15** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2018-03-14** Reported with amendments.
+- **2018-03-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-21** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `filing, referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6990c9b-2063-4a71-aa19-f3c893ba9a78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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