---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to the denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail first protocols or nonformulary status"
description: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to the denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail first protocols or nonformulary status"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "Louisiana HB 119 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart J. Bishop"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-22"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/766fadfa-2efe-423b-b1c9-d5da3be765cf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235788"
source_hash: "60466bd6cf2ac5ef40af25dbf2e72f030e960cdff6145f035f3922ce796fd445"
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 HB 119 (2019) — INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to the denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail first protocols or nonformulary status

## Version chain

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

1. **HB119 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1117154)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3521, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140217)
3. **HB119 Act 206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144068)
4. **HB119 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130177)
5. **HB119 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133639)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1882, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129285)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1916, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129594)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #1943, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129932)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2180, Bishop, S., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131140)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2237, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136227)
11. **HB119 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143357)

## Votes

- MOTION TO ADOPT (#1003) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#767) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#537) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1003) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#264) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stuart J. Bishop — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 01/01/2020.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 206. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/19.
- **2019-06-04** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2019-06-04** Conference committee report received.
- **2019-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-03** Senate conference committee members appointed: John Smith, Gary Smith, and Morrish.
- **2019-06-03** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-02** House conferees appointed: Bishop, Talbot, and Stefanski.
- **2019-05-31** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/19.
- **2019-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-28** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-23** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-22** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-15** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-13** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-01** Reported with amendments (8-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/22/2019.
- **2019-03-22** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/766fadfa-2efe-423b-b1c9-d5da3be765cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).