---
type: "Bill"
title: "AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE: Creates an exemption for members of the armed services to avoid a penalty for lapse of automobile coverage. (8/1/20)"
description: "AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE: Creates an exemption for members of the armed services to avoid a penalty for lapse of automobile coverage. (8/1/20)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Louisiana SB 65 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirk Talbot"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd7aadbc-8d8f-4d51-af0a-1b96fe562236"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237564"
source_hash: "b91164e2b5317452a30855f8f47c2cdcae52db9f18285c6043140e44f7c20ec4"
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 65 (2020) — AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE: Creates an exemption for members of the armed services to avoid a penalty for lapse of automobile coverage. (8/1/20)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB65 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1156719)
2. **SB65 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180264)
3. **SB65 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170342)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #946, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170086)
5. **SB65 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176610)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#161) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#483) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#160) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kirk Talbot — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-05** Effective date 8/1/2020.
- **2020-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 52. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-27** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-13** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-13** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-07** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-03-09** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd7aadbc-8d8f-4d51-af0a-1b96fe562236`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).