republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2018/sb-85.md

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Bill	INSURANCE CLAIMS: Authorizes an insured to opt in to receive a claim payment by electronic transfer. (8/1/18)	INSURANCE CLAIMS: Authorizes an insured to opt in to receive a claim payment by electronic transfer. (8/1/18)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2018	SB 85	Louisiana SB 85 (2018)	bill		enacted	John R. Smith	7	19	3	2018-02-25	2018-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/a30b3720-6d21-4d8a-bf28-9432e24e2daa	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233342	9c0d2cff628e407d59baeae982ca19c960d32e99b2b5b3d09dc3ea7a81294306	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 85 (2018) — INSURANCE CLAIMS: Authorizes an insured to opt in to receive a claim payment by electronic transfer. (8/1/18)

Version chain

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

1. SB85 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #1339, INS, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Amendment, #2773, INS, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. SB85 Act 27 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB85 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Committee Amendment, #909, INS, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. SB85 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#626) — 86–0 (pass) · legislature
• CONCUR (#638) — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• FINAL PASSAGE (#68) — 36–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• John R. Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-10 Effective date 8/1/2018.
• 2018-05-10 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 27. executive-signature
• 2018-05-03 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. executive-receipt
• 2018-05-02 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2018-05-02 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2018-05-01 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2018-04-30 Received from the House with amendments.
• 2018-04-27 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2018-04-19 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/18.
• 2018-04-16 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2018-04-13 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2018-04-12 Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2018-03-20 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2018-03-19 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2018-03-19 Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2018-03-15 Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2018-03-14 Reported with amendments.
• 2018-03-12 Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2018-02-25 Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. filing, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a30b3720-6d21-4d8a-bf28-9432e24e2daa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).