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+type: "Bill"
+title: "DENTAL HEALTH: Creates the Louisiana Dental Loss Ratios for Dental Healthcare Services Plans Act. (1/1/25) (EN +$38,500 SG EX See Note)"
+description: "DENTAL HEALTH: Creates the Louisiana Dental Loss Ratios for Dental Healthcare Services Plans Act. (1/1/25) (EN +$38,500 SG EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 463"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 463 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["William \"Bill\" Wheat , Jr."]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-04-02"
+last_action: "2024-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f21ab96a-5f10-4575-9d5f-86f9c21fb131"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247113"
+source_hash: "d98694b8c3d71f3e5aed88c07a44bc2823c8d27a14e643249ab321cd8a40bcbf"
+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 463 (2024) — DENTAL HEALTH: Creates the Louisiana Dental Loss Ratios for Dental Healthcare Services Plans Act. (1/1/25) (EN +$38,500 SG EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB463 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361228)
+2. **House Committee Amendment, #3559, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368153)
+3. **House Committee Amendment, #3955, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370450)
+4. **House Floor Amendment, #4478, Firment, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373487)
+5. **SB463 Act 357** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380832)
+6. **SB463 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366625)
+7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1937, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365236)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2070, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366302)
+9. **SB463 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377280)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#391) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR (#1040) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1136) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-28** Effective date 1/1/2025.
+- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 357. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2024-05-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
+- **2024-05-21** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
+- **2024-05-20** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
+- **2024-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2024-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
+- **2024-05-06** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2024-04-30** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-24** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-23** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2024-04-23** Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2024-04-22** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-02** 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/f21ab96a-5f10-4575-9d5f-86f9c21fb131`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+