---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to prescription drug benefits for persons with stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)"
description: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to prescription drug benefits for persons with stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 370"
citation: "Louisiana HB 370 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Stokes"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bed9905-a24b-4905-aca1-8123f2adec24"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236186"
source_hash: "92311053aba250668f9000a7521d9f691de298098940558e175452f1f3f5f2b3"
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 370 (2019) — INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to prescription drug benefits for persons with stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB370 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121372)
2. **HB370 Act 120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143563)
3. **HB370 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130175)
4. **HB370 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135145)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1228, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125472)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1770, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129017)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1950, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130118)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2764, Stokes, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134780)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2281, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136683)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2943, Gatti, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139908)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3097, Mills, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140550)
12. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2407, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137486)
13. **HB370 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142204)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#739) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#919) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#384) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#738) — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Stokes — primary (person)
- A.B. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Leopold — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad Appel — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Erdey — cosponsor (person)
- Danny Martiny — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Sue Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Long — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- J.P. Morrell — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- James R. Fannin — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — 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 Alario — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- John Milkovich — cosponsor (person)
- John R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Carter Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Walsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Abramson — cosponsor (person)
- Norby Chabert — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Gatti — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — 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)
- Terry Landry — 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: 06/05/2019.
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 120. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-03** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-27** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-23** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-22** Reported with amendments.
- **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 91, 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 (11-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bed9905-a24b-4905-aca1-8123f2adec24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).