---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits lifetime and annual limits on health insurance benefits (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits lifetime and annual limits on health insurance benefits (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 308"
citation: "Louisiana HB 308 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edmond Jordan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d49df905-f54e-4ed2-ad84-80b315b915e7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236084"
source_hash: "f97456c3722c35f2a62580789ad89fb9f1d21d028c46ff5eb99d34fbcb9fafa2"
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 308 (2019) — INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits lifetime and annual limits on health insurance benefits (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB308 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120505)
2. **HB308 Act 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144074)
3. **HB308 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127166)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1206, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125437)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1393, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126544)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1476, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127131)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1921, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134047)
8. **HB308 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140282)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#544) — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#121) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#769) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edmond Jordan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 212. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **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 34 yeas and 3 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.
- **2019-05-06** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/01/19.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-24** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d49df905-f54e-4ed2-ad84-80b315b915e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).