---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE/POLICIES: Provides for cancellation of a policy by the insured party"
description: "INSURANCE/POLICIES: Provides for cancellation of a policy by the insured party"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 296"
citation: "Louisiana HB 296 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John \"Big John\" Illg , Jr."]
version_count: 9
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-26"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d88ed18a-aeca-4c96-83ba-73865d0e605c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237889"
source_hash: "eb6ff21143164c5641339b2cd55b9ad2826b9f7f27a9a4727bfe6f36a7f0aa5b"
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 296 (2020) — INSURANCE/POLICIES: Provides for cancellation of a policy by the insured party

## Version chain

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

1. **HB296 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1160840)
2. **HB296 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181918)
3. **HB296 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172102)
4. **HB296 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175113)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1215, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165892)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1896, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172050)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1448, Horton, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172254)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1996, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176148)
9. **HB296 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178558)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#675) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#251) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#556) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — primary (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 01/01/2021.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 185. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-27** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-21** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/20.
- **2020-05-15** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-13** Reported with amendments (12-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d88ed18a-aeca-4c96-83ba-73865d0e605c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).