republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/hb-457.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE CLAIMS-ADJUSTR: Provides for claims adjusters"
description: "INSURANCE CLAIMS-ADJUSTR: Provides for claims adjusters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 457"
citation: "Louisiana HB 457 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabe Firment"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efbb30f9-2cf6-4f50-906c-d6bc8c42cdab"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240411"
source_hash: "e2bec693ce0144ef12c3d3d4c93ab4adb487d74f76f40d6a86bcf8fdc8c35f3b"
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 457 (2021) — INSURANCE CLAIMS-ADJUSTR: Provides for claims adjusters

## Version chain

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

1. **HB457 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1211486)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3842, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231658)
3. **HB457 Act 402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235800)
4. **HB457 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220765)
5. **HB457 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223646)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2230, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220681)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2548, Firment, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222573)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2271, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226127)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2274, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226134)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2282, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226172)
11. **HB457 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234390)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1060) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#516) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#1157) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#375) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#957) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gabe Firment — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 402. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 102, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Conference committee report received.
- **2021-06-07** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2021-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-07** Senate conference committee members appointed: Talbot, Peacock, and Smith.
- **2021-06-06** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-03** House conferees appointed: Firment, Brown, and Mike Johnson.
- **2021-06-03** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-06-03** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-06-03** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-02** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-06-01** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/02/2021.
- **2021-05-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-05-26** 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`
- **2021-05-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-20** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-19** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-11** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2021.
- **2021-05-05** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-04** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efbb30f9-2cf6-4f50-906c-d6bc8c42cdab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).