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+type: "Bill"
+title: "INSURANCE CLAIMS: Requires health insurance coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) diagnostic testing. (gov sig) (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
+description: "INSURANCE CLAIMS: Requires health insurance coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) diagnostic testing. (gov sig) (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 426"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 426 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Regina Ashford Barrow"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-03-16"
+last_action: "2020-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55097e1f-9089-4430-9c38-1c140ac7a389"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238616"
+source_hash: "36032bebee3e61840935ad64fbfb8e67658fdde4c9ed59dab760c1f4e3889030"
+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 426 (2020) — INSURANCE CLAIMS: Requires health insurance coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) diagnostic testing. (gov sig) (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB426 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1166159)
+2. **House Committee Amendment, #2234, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174091)
+3. **House Committee Amendment, #2291, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174320)
+4. **House Floor Amendment, #2752, Jordan, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176854)
+5. **SB426 Act 230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182008)
+6. **SB426 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169934)
+7. **SB426 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172596)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1032, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169487)
+9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1309, Barrow, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171610)
+10. **SB426 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178473)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR (#646) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#187) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#609) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Regina Ashford Barrow — primary (person)
+- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
+- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
+- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
+- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
+- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
+- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-11** Effective date 6/11/2020.
+- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 230. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2020. `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2020-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2020-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
+- **2020-05-29** Received from the House with amendments.
+- **2020-05-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2020-05-29** Called from the calendar.
+- **2020-05-28** Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
+- **2020-05-28** Called from the calendar.
+- **2020-05-28** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
+- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/20.
+- **2020-05-21** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2020-05-18** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-15** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2020-05-14** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2020-05-07** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2020-05-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16** Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55097e1f-9089-4430-9c38-1c140ac7a389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+