--- type: "Bill" title: "HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides for utilization review and approval procedures of claims for healthcare provider services. (gov sig)" description: "HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides for utilization review and approval procedures of claims for healthcare provider services. (gov sig)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "SB 188" citation: "Louisiana SB 188 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy Stine"] version_count: 12 action_count: 41 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-03-31" last_action: "2023-06-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5e1d847-83d9-4b0d-9ea4-fe4892f571dc" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244600" source_hash: "ca3b790e2d09365bcdcdfc595e1e282337b0c1ab4a420fcb925c93a3d6cf97ce" 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 188 (2023) — HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides for utilization review and approval procedures of claims for healthcare provider services. (gov sig) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB188 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309957) 2. **Conference Committee Report, #3021, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331812) 3. **House Committee Amendment, #2531, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320011) 4. **House Committee Amendment, #2532, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320030) 5. **House Committee Amendment, #2669, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321155) 6. **SB188 Act 333** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332551) 7. **SB188 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316285) 8. **SB188 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317741) 9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #421, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1310395) 10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #867, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315663) 11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1116, Stine, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317334) 12. **SB188 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331947) ## Votes - ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1222) — **97–0** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#1003) — **102–0** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#162) — **36–0** (pass) · upper - REJECT (#942) — **34–0** (pass) · upper - ADOPT (#1022) — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jeremy Stine — primary (person) - Jay Morris — cosponsor (person) - Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person) - Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person) - Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person) - Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person) - Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person) - Robert Mills — cosponsor (person) - Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-06-13** Effective date: See Act. - **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 333. `became-law, executive-signature` - **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt` - **2023-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House. - **2023-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled` - **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. - **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. - **2023-06-08** Rules suspended. - **2023-06-08** Conference Committee report received. - **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays. - **2023-06-07** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed. - **2023-06-07** House conferees appointed: Geymann, Huval, and Pressly. - **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed. - **2023-06-07** Senate conference committee members appointed: Stine, Talbot, and Bernard. - **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments. - **2023-06-07** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays. - **2023-06-06** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt` - **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2023-06-05** Called from the calendar. - **2023-06-01** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023. - **2023-06-01** Notice given. - **2023-06-01** Read by title, returned to the calendar. - **2023-06-01** Called from the calendar. - **2023-05-31** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2023. - **2023-05-31** Notice given. - **2023-05-31** Read by title, returned to the calendar. - **2023-05-31** Called from the calendar. - **2023-05-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2023. - **2023-05-25** Notice given. - **2023-05-25** Read by title, returned to the calendar. - **2023-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/25/2023. - **2023-05-15** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2023-05-11** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. - **2023-05-10** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-05-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee` - **2023-05-02** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. - **2023-05-01** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2023-04-27** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. - **2023-04-26** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-31** 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/b5e1d847-83d9-4b0d-9ea4-fe4892f571dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).