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type: "Bill"
title: "GENETICS: Provides for health insurance coverage of genetic testing for diseases and other medical conditions. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "GENETICS: Provides for health insurance coverage of genetic testing for diseases and other medical conditions. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "Louisiana SB 48 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirk Talbot"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9df2393-0839-43dc-a547-0274c4767f0d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245800"
source_hash: "7cb856e1f988306b8cd17477acd12b99e64267a50b364577d7338dbdddbfa785"
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 48 (2024) — GENETICS: Provides for health insurance coverage of genetic testing for diseases and other medical conditions. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB48 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346840)
2. **SB48 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379381)
3. **SB48 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358908)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1301, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358739)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1304, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358772)
6. **SB48 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374521)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1050) — **930** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#279) — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kirk Talbot — primary (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-05-23** Effective date 5/23/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 160. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-15** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-14** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-14** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2024.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-24** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-15** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-03-27** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** 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/b9df2393-0839-43dc-a547-0274c4767f0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).