---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to dental referral plans. (8/1/21)"
description: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to dental referral plans. (8/1/21)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Louisiana SB 65 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael \"Big Mike\" Fesi"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-23"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d232845a-fc41-49e4-ab31-6df14ef45227"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240009"
source_hash: "98e4f73e439814ed9d8afd1bcc4b1820df8f750ed5ed350253879e80da855c55"
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 (2021) — INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to dental referral plans. (8/1/21)

## 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=1206034)
2. **SB65 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232771)
3. **SB65 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215517)
4. **SB65 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228609)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#733) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#145) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 86. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/28/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-27** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-05-27** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-05-26** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, 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, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-04-29** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-28** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-21** 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`
- **2021-03-23** 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/d232845a-fc41-49e4-ab31-6df14ef45227`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).