republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-119.md

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Bill	INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to the denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail first protocols or nonformulary status	INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to the denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail first protocols or nonformulary status	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2019	HB 119	Louisiana HB 119 (2019)	bill		enacted	Stuart J. Bishop	11	34	5	2019-03-22	2019-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/766fadfa-2efe-423b-b1c9-d5da3be765cf	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235788	60466bd6cf2ac5ef40af25dbf2e72f030e960cdff6145f035f3922ce796fd445	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 119 (2019) — INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to the denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail first protocols or nonformulary status

Version chain

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

1. HB119 Original (filed) — source
2. Conference Committee Report, #3521, House Adopted, Senate Adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. HB119 Act 206 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB119 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HB119 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #1882, INS, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. House Committee Amendment, #1916, INS, Draft (committee substitute) — source
8. House Committee Amendment, #1943, INS, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. House Floor Amendment, #2180, Bishop, S., Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Committee Amendment, #2237, INS, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. HB119 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO ADOPT (#1003) — 89–0 (pass) · lower
• REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#767) — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#537) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT (#1003) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#264) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stuart J. Bishop — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-11 Effective date: 01/01/2020.
• 2019-06-11 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 206. executive-signature
• 2019-06-06 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2019-06-06 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2019-06-06 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2019-06-05 Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
• 2019-06-05 Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2019-06-05 Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
• 2019-06-05 Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
• 2019-06-04 Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/19.
• 2019-06-04 Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
• 2019-06-04 Conference committee report received.
• 2019-06-03 Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
• 2019-06-03 Senate conference committee members appointed: John Smith, Gary Smith, and Morrish.
• 2019-06-03 Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
• 2019-06-02 House conferees appointed: Bishop, Talbot, and Stefanski.
• 2019-05-31 Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
• 2019-05-31 Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
• 2019-05-29 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/19.
• 2019-05-29 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2019-05-28 Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2019-05-27 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2019-05-23 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2019-05-22 Reported with amendments.
• 2019-05-15 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2019-05-14 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• 2019-05-13 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2019-05-02 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/19.
• 2019-05-02 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2019-05-01 Reported with amendments (8-0).
• 2019-04-08 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2019-03-22 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/22/2019.
• 2019-03-22 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2019-03-22 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/766fadfa-2efe-423b-b1c9-d5da3be765cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).