---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURERS: Requires a nonresident producer to surrender the Louisiana nonresident license when the resident license on which it is based terminates. (1/1/2020)"
description: "INSURERS: Requires a nonresident producer to surrender the Louisiana nonresident license when the resident license on which it is based terminates. (1/1/2020)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Louisiana SB 87 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John R. Smith"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f3419d6-17dc-4f54-85c9-a2b9be364ae1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235979"
source_hash: "35f7f2fe440651a1851802b8a812e2b3799390a06a015bf1ab7e7cc561288fe5"
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 87 (2019) — INSURERS: Requires a nonresident producer to surrender the Louisiana nonresident license when the resident license on which it is based terminates. (1/1/2020)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB87 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119517)
2. **SB87 Act 82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143176)
3. **SB87 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124881)
4. **SB87 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126729)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #797, Morrish, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125853)
6. **SB87 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137763)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#549) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#103) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John R. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** Effective date 1/1/2020.
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 82. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-27** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-09** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-04-23** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** 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/0f3419d6-17dc-4f54-85c9-a2b9be364ae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).