republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/sb-106.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE CLAIMS: Requires the insurer to provide upon written request of the insured claim file for certain records in connection with an unsettled property insurance claim. (8/1/23)"
description: "INSURANCE CLAIMS: Requires the insurer to provide upon written request of the insured claim file for certain records in connection with an unsettled property insurance claim. (8/1/23)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 106"
citation: "Louisiana SB 106 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary L. Smith, Jr."]
version_count: 14
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/880c8976-4dd1-4df7-8e47-0e7d290761c0"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244285"
source_hash: "57943e267b335c0d93d09d681f4a9576119f8d20ec9cddcf488e610140232559"
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 SB 106 (2023) — INSURANCE CLAIMS: Requires the insurer to provide upon written request of the insured claim file for certain records in connection with an unsettled property insurance claim. (8/1/23)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB106 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1308209)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2863, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321814)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2996, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322724)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3156, Firment, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323446)
5. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1831, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322973)
6. **SB106 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332216)
7. **SB106 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318599)
8. **SB106 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319913)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1214, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318096)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #912, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315971)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #913, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315972)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #917, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315989)
13. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1438, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319549)
14. **SB106 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329347)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#767) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#230) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#655) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — primary (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-08** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 206. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-05** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-04** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-05-31** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 104, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2023.
- **2023-05-18** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-16** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-03** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/880c8976-4dd1-4df7-8e47-0e7d290761c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).