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type: "Bill"
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title: "LIABILITY: Prohibits insurance companies from including defense costs within the limits of liability except under certain circumstances. (8/1/21)"
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description: "LIABILITY: Prohibits insurance companies from including defense costs within the limits of liability except under certain circumstances. (8/1/21)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 131"
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citation: "Louisiana SB 131 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert Mills"]
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version_count: 12
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-03-31"
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last_action: "2021-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a451783-27d5-460a-a00e-578022d512b9"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240242"
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source_hash: "0de5957f4ae3a49f8b8a89a7479b56ba4140e29d7c06fbf17fb16fa3097163d3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana SB 131 (2021) — LIABILITY: Prohibits insurance companies from including defense costs within the limits of liability except under certain circumstances. (8/1/21)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB131 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1209873)
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2. **House Committee Amendment, #2653, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223135)
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3. **House Committee Amendment, #2829, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224126)
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4. **House Floor Amendment, #2900, Seabaugh, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224336)
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5. **SB131 Act 225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235362)
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6. **SB131 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215505)
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7. **SB131 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217505)
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8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #733, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215232)
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9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #766, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215410)
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10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #985, Mills, Robert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217218)
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11. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #817, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215734)
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12. **SB131 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230560)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#740) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR (#647) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#114) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Robert Mills — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-14** Effective date 8/1/2021.
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- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 225. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2021. `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2021-06-03** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2021-06-01** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
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- **2021-05-27** Received from the House with amendments.
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- **2021-05-26** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2021.
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- **2021-05-17** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2021-05-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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- **2021-05-12** Reported with amendments (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2021-04-28** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-27** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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- **2021-04-26** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2021-04-21** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2021-04-20** Reported with amendments.
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- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-31** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `filing, referral-committee`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a451783-27d5-460a-a00e-578022d512b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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