---
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).