---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL/ACTIONS: Provides relative to direct action against an insurer"
description: "CIVIL/ACTIONS: Provides relative to direct action against an insurer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 337"
citation: "Louisiana HB 337 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack McFarland"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/294dbed0-84b9-42af-98b8-2c6527da6218"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246020"
source_hash: "394cce1f8be5a52804734869e4062cfe6b24de325831825909d78ce68c54db6f"
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 337 (2024) — CIVIL/ACTIONS: Provides relative to direct action against an insurer

## Version chain

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

1. **HB337 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349899)
2. **HB337 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380478)
3. **HB337 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356972)
4. **HB337 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359279)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1261, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354629)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1485, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356199)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1592, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356901)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1838, Glorioso, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358275)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #1864, Carter, Robby, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358374)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #1942, Carter, Robby, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358834)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2435, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368655)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2494, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368883)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2931, Seabaugh, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371636)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3029, Seabaugh, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371638)
15. **HB337 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373205)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#931) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 1942 BY CARTER, R., MOTION TO ADOPT (#123) — **33–68** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 1864 BY CARTER, R., MOTION TO ADOPT (#122) — **36–66** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#547) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#548) — **9–0** (fail) · upper
- ADD CO-AUTHORS (#125) — **18–1** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#124) — **86–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack McFarland — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 275. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-14** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-13** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-08** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/08/2024.
- **2024-05-07** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-24** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 16. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/27/2024.
- **2024-03-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Reported with amendments (11-7). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/294dbed0-84b9-42af-98b8-2c6527da6218`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).