republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/sb-494.md

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Bill	INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to coverage for mastectomies and reconstructive surgery. (8/1/20)	INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to coverage for mastectomies and reconstructive surgery. (8/1/20)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020	SB 494	Louisiana SB 494 (2020)	bill		enacted	Troy Carter	10	17	3	2020-03-31	2020-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/ff9c4844-610b-490d-907d-7d516558b789	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238829	4dfd070d5c7f2bf80ce99d57bcbcd7d2e599e032eb62ff20418c0368aed4521b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 494 (2020) — INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to coverage for mastectomies and reconstructive surgery. (8/1/20)

Version chain

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

1. SB494 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #2148, INS, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Amendment, #2292, INS, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. SB494 Act 304 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB494 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. SB494 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #1004, INS, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Floor Amendment, #1226, Carter, Troy, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1191, Carter, Troy, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. SB494 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR (#624) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#513) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#126) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Troy Carter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-12 Effective date 8/1/2020.
• 2020-06-12 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 304. 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.
• 2020-05-31 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2020-05-29 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2020-05-28 Received from the House with amendments.
• 2020-05-28 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 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.
• 2020-05-13 Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2020-05-11 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 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
• 2020-03-31 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/ff9c4844-610b-490d-907d-7d516558b789. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).