---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE/SURPLUS LINE: Provides relative to types of coverage available under surplus lines insurance (EG NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "INSURANCE/SURPLUS LINE: Provides relative to types of coverage available under surplus lines insurance (EG NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Louisiana HB 247 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Huval"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c35ada8-0dcd-4414-821d-eeef803d45d7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233543"
source_hash: "fccc9c92825ec07e4f5005cade587c05d6cc14155dc0416d53ce0ef1f8ebdfd6"
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 HB 247 (2018) — INSURANCE/SURPLUS LINE: Provides relative to types of coverage available under surplus lines insurance (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB247 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1069477)
2. **HB247 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1092508)
3. **HB247 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074832)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1138, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074430)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1193, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074819)
6. **HB247 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1088608)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#82) — **84–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#469) — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mike Huval — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-01** Effective date: 01/01/2019.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 7. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-25** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-04-23** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-04-19** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-04-19** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-12** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-11** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-03-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-21** Called from the calendar.
- **2018-03-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/21/18.
- **2018-03-20** Notice given.
- **2018-03-20** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2018-03-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/20/18.
- **2018-03-15** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-14** Reported with amendments (9-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c35ada8-0dcd-4414-821d-eeef803d45d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).