republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/sb-426.md

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Bill	INSURANCE CLAIMS: Requires health insurance coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) diagnostic testing. (gov sig) (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)	INSURANCE CLAIMS: Requires health insurance coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) diagnostic testing. (gov sig) (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020	SB 426	Louisiana SB 426 (2020)	bill		enacted	Regina Ashford Barrow	10	22	3	2020-03-16	2020-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/55097e1f-9089-4430-9c38-1c140ac7a389	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238616	36032bebee3e61840935ad64fbfb8e67658fdde4c9ed59dab760c1f4e3889030	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 426 (2020) — INSURANCE CLAIMS: Requires health insurance coverage for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) diagnostic testing. (gov sig) (REF INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. SB426 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #2234, INS, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Amendment, #2291, INS, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House Floor Amendment, #2752, Jordan, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
5. SB426 Act 230 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB426 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. SB426 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #1032, INS, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Floor Amendment, #1309, Barrow, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. SB426 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR (#646) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#187) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#609) — 101–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Regina Ashford Barrow — primary (person)
• Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
• C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
• Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
• Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
• Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
• Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-11 Effective date 6/11/2020.
• 2020-06-11 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 230. executive-signature
• 2020-06-01 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2020. executive-receipt
• 2020-06-01 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2020-06-01 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2020-05-31 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2020-05-29 Received from the House with amendments.
• 2020-05-29 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2020-05-29 Called from the calendar.
• 2020-05-28 Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
• 2020-05-28 Called from the calendar.
• 2020-05-28 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2020-05-22 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/20.
• 2020-05-21 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2020-05-20 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2020-05-20 Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2020-05-18 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2020-05-15 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2020-05-14 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2020-05-07 Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2020-05-04 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2020-03-16 Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55097e1f-9089-4430-9c38-1c140ac7a389. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).