---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides for automobile insurance coverage for transportation network drivers. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides for automobile insurance coverage for transportation network drivers. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 179"
citation: "Louisiana SB 179 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Connick"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b5fb58e-2206-4036-927e-feda9033e3f6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240385"
source_hash: "84ff36ddc2829aa3692dfa6b4771f2137702f55e115e182f6a198daa370538ec"
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 179 (2021) — INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides for automobile insurance coverage for transportation network drivers. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB179 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1211149)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3481, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228137)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3503, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228376)
4. **SB179 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235565)
5. **SB179 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218405)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1187, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218103)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1242, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218328)
8. **SB179 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233577)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#991) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#238) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1028) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick Connick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 300. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/07/2021.
- **2021-06-01** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-05** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-28** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** 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/2b5fb58e-2206-4036-927e-feda9033e3f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).