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type: "Bill"
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title: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides that no property insurance policy shall prohibit an insured from hiring a public adjuster. (8/1/23)"
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description: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides that no property insurance policy shall prohibit an insured from hiring a public adjuster. (8/1/23)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 156"
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citation: "Louisiana SB 156 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Royce Duplessis"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-03-31"
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last_action: "2023-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f325999d-586c-4116-9a68-bca31f050cb6"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244490"
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source_hash: "86734feba506a43a802882455430d293ce3c5eecf3be6325e4a9396a251235fd"
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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 156 (2023) — INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides that no property insurance policy shall prohibit an insured from hiring a public adjuster. (8/1/23)
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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. **SB156 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309533)
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2. **Conference Committee Report, #2814, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329594)
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3. **House Committee Amendment, #2864, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321815)
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4. **House Committee Amendment, #2961, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322278)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #3035, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322731)
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6. **House Floor Amendment, #3785, Huval, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327455)
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7. **SB156 Act 328** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332546)
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8. **SB156 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313002)
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9. **SB156 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318278)
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10. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #708, Duplessis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313929)
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11. **SB156 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331811)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#773) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
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- ADOPT (#989) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1203) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#176) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- REJECT (#658) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Royce Duplessis — primary (person)
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- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-12** Effective date 8/1/2023.
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 328. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2023-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
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- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
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- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
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- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
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- **2023-06-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2023.
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- **2023-06-07** Conference committee report received.
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- **2023-06-07** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
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- **2023-06-07** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
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- **2023-06-07** House conferees appointed: Huval, Firment, and Frieman.
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- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
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- **2023-06-06** Senate conference committee members appointed: Duplessis, Talbot, and Fesi.
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- **2023-06-04** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
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- **2023-06-04** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
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- **2023-05-31** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
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- **2023-05-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2023-05-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2023.
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- **2023-05-18** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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- **2023-05-16** Reported with amendments (10-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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- **2023-05-02** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 1 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2023-04-19** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-10** 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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- **2023-03-31** 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/f325999d-586c-4116-9a68-bca31f050cb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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