---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURERS: Provides for a dental service care provider choosing the method by which such provider shall be reimbursed by an insurer. (8/1/19)"
description: "INSURERS: Provides for a dental service care provider choosing the method by which such provider shall be reimbursed by an insurer. (8/1/19)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Louisiana SB 73 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Long"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91110276-6b2a-4701-a896-2ea228f99be5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235923"
source_hash: "da971f60c476741d76e57986b362e37f1e4a0c2e187c1f7c17ef82dbd58877a2"
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 73 (2019) — INSURERS: Provides for a dental service care provider choosing the method by which such provider shall be reimbursed by an insurer. (8/1/19)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB73 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118901)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2272, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131640)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2320, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131992)
4. **SB73 Act 49** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141918)
5. **SB73 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126943)
6. **SB73 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128710)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1215, Long, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128595)
8. **SB73 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138501)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#548) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#154) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#518) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald Long — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-01** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 49. `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 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-05-23** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-09** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-07** Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-01** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-04-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** 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/91110276-6b2a-4701-a896-2ea228f99be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).