---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE/LIFE: Provides relative to the use of genetic information in underwriting for life and long-term care insurance"
description: "INSURANCE/LIFE: Provides relative to the use of genetic information in underwriting for life and long-term care insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 703"
citation: "Louisiana HB 703 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary DuBuisson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-06"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/911934c6-1a6a-4e6e-b8eb-f7dd6004138e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240964"
source_hash: "533b9ab09373fef666323ac1283018d0f2e66fa7ff2b1f054ec45e3d2290e55c"
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 703 (2021) — INSURANCE/LIFE: Provides relative to the use of genetic information in underwriting for life and long-term care insurance

## Version chain

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

1. **HB703 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221594)
2. **HB703 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235323)
3. **HB703 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221947)
4. **HB703 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224875)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2810, DuBuisson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223888)
6. **HB703 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231637)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#457) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#729) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mary DuBuisson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 242. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-03** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-06-02** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-27** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-26** Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-13** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2021.
- **2021-05-10** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-06** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 455 reported by the Committee on Insurance (9-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/911934c6-1a6a-4e6e-b8eb-f7dd6004138e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).