---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURERS: Provides with respect to the repeal of insurance company deposit requirements. (7/1/21)"
description: "INSURERS: Provides with respect to the repeal of insurance company deposit requirements. (7/1/21)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "Louisiana SB 41 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louie Bernard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-15"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23fdf8a4-5e2d-4d41-9ac1-a573595508c0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239913"
source_hash: "4680b90da21988a0bcf6f96b7beae74a35e0c1e128d4fa122e266756104c6391"
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 41 (2021) — INSURERS: Provides with respect to the repeal of insurance company deposit requirements. (7/1/21)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB41 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1203899)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2564, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222546)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2835, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224269)
4. **SB41 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235078)
5. **SB41 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215544)
6. **SB41 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230508)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#626) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#258) — **24–13** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#730) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Louie Bernard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-11** Effective date 7/1/2021.
- **2021-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 159. `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 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-05-27** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. 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.
- **2021-05-06** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-05** Read by title, passed by a vote of 24 yeas and 13 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2021-04-27** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2021-04-21** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** 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/23fdf8a4-5e2d-4d41-9ac1-a573595508c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).