---
type: "Bill"
title: "REAL ESTATE: Provides actions for damages against real estate appraisers, appraisal management companies, and real estate appraisal companies. (8/1/19)"
description: "REAL ESTATE: Provides actions for damages against real estate appraisers, appraisal management companies, and real estate appraisal companies. (8/1/19)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Louisiana SB 191 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norby Chabert"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bae261fa-5213-421b-984f-e77376868492"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236325"
source_hash: "34c50fa4cebd47f667b53bea76b9e4f7774a4ba38545ce7c8c8cbedacea0c5bd"
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 191 (2019) — REAL ESTATE: Provides actions for damages against real estate appraisers, appraisal management companies, and real estate appraisal companies. (8/1/19)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB191 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122054)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2093, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130735)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2210, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131344)
4. **SB191 Act 323** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144175)
5. **SB191 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126341)
6. **SB191 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127488)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #889, Chabert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126370)
8. **SB191 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138498)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#546) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#141) — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#519) — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Norby Chabert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-01** Effective date 1/1/2020.
- **2019-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 323. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2019-05-23** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-06** Reported with amendments (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-04-30** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-04-25** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 2 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bae261fa-5213-421b-984f-e77376868492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).