---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides for coverage for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility screening (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides for coverage for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility screening (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 345"
citation: "Louisiana HB 345 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Stokes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfc5ec03-50b2-4a16-9974-b484c5abaea7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236132"
source_hash: "2d97ac8a64e1626d48340991cfa5a3ebf5ddf9221594d721dd9057a00d8dc08b"
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 345 (2019) — INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides for coverage for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility screening (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB345 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120838)
2. **HB345 Act 118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143561)
3. **HB345 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130158)
4. **HB345 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135143)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1045, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124191)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1946, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130073)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1515, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130668)
8. **HB345 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139625)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#382) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#558) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Stokes — primary (person)
- Andy Anders — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Leopold — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Sue Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome "Dee" Richard — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Abramson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Walt Leger, III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-05** Effective date: 01/01/2020.
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 118. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-23** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-22** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-21** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-16** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/16/19.
- **2019-05-14** Notice given.
- **2019-05-14** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-01** Reported with amendments (12-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfc5ec03-50b2-4a16-9974-b484c5abaea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).