---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONDOMINIUMS: Provides with respect to insurance coverage in condominium units"
description: "CONDOMINIUMS: Provides with respect to insurance coverage in condominium units"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 426"
citation: "Louisiana HB 426 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephanie Hilferty"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56ca5a18-f943-4779-9bf2-0a006ab2b1f0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236246"
source_hash: "4af54942295900aed4242bbc2e42793ca5204cf411b9290bce43f75df0dd3e74"
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 426 (2019) — CONDOMINIUMS: Provides with respect to insurance coverage in condominium units

## Version chain

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

1. **HB426 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121653)
2. **HB426 Act 228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144091)
3. **HB426 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128888)
4. **HB426 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136998)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3195, Hilferty, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136968)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2748, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138879)
7. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2833, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139374)
8. **HB426 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142691)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#959) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#521) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#877) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stephanie Hilferty — 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. 228. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/19.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-16** Notice given.
- **2019-05-13** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/19.
- **2019-05-01** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably (13-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56ca5a18-f943-4779-9bf2-0a006ab2b1f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).