---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: Authorizes the commissioner of insurance to take certain actions relative to insurance during a declared emergency. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: Authorizes the commissioner of insurance to take certain actions relative to insurance during a declared emergency. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "Louisiana SB 29 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Abraham"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56fe61b1-aade-411c-906c-c741e184f599"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239843"
source_hash: "a78dee28a54d3ac73b19df7889b4200f9a8213359121ad748c3cf5efedbbefbd"
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 29 (2021) — INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: Authorizes the commissioner of insurance to take certain actions relative to insurance during a declared emergency. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB29 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1201943)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2693, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223251)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2805, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224293)
4. **SB29 Act 223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235360)
5. **SB29 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218406)
6. **SB29 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221501)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1011, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217070)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1194, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218127)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1233, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218313)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1661, Abraham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221385)
11. **SB29 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230519)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#623) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#728) — **76–21** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#263) — **26–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Abraham — primary (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (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. 223. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-02** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-01** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2021-05-27** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 21. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2021.
- **2021-05-17** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-12** Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-05** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **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`
- **2021-03-03** 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/56fe61b1-aade-411c-906c-c741e184f599`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).