---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides for the use of satellite photos when inspecting a property that has been issued an insurance policy. (gov sig)"
description: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides for the use of satellite photos when inspecting a property that has been issued an insurance policy. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Louisiana SB 242 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Bouie"]
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/23e475b0-7b5e-4408-ad10-6d46479faee2"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246402"
source_hash: "d33f39d663e2e95cdbe4fc462952ad37dc11e1bb59041ffca1f3c81f25c84f43"
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 242 (2024) — INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides for the use of satellite photos when inspecting a property that has been issued an insurance policy. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB242 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352058)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #4459, Firment, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373435)
3. **SB242 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379425)
4. **SB242 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354268)
5. **SB242 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356437)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #617, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353602)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #692, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353972)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #724, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354122)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #966, Bouie, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355853)
10. **SB242 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375321)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#63) — **15–0** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#62) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#777) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1056) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph Bouie — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — 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. 151. `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 95, 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, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-24** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-20** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-13** Reported with amendments. `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/23e475b0-7b5e-4408-ad10-6d46479faee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).