---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to conversion requirements for health insurers. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to conversion requirements for health insurers. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 219"
citation: "Louisiana SB 219 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/650e33b4-5562-4aac-86a0-9597a4e1cfa9"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246375"
source_hash: "4c9d278ad4bddf5be257edbb3fc36bd6d0728e4d2625c5b81b37e30234a268f8"
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 219 (2024) — HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to conversion requirements for health insurers. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB219 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351951)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3442, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367537)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3664, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369060)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #4572, Carver, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374111)
5. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2575, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369298)
6. **SB219 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379420)
7. **SB219 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358832)
8. **SB219 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363646)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1632, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362412)
10. **SB219 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375318)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#776) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#224) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1054) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#225) — **3–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-22** Effective date 5/22/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 149. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-16** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-15** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-14** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2024.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-24** Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-27** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 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/650e33b4-5562-4aac-86a0-9597a4e1cfa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).