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---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE CLAIMS: Provides relative to denial of coverage by dental plans"
description: "INSURANCE CLAIMS: Provides relative to denial of coverage by dental plans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Louisiana HB 311 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Huval"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-26"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/811390c5-5e2a-423e-9e94-73888946c4cd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237904"
source_hash: "39929d9231ff224a24c08ba74265ece48d0c3dfb64c76a12d7242b963f6ce887"
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 311 (2020) — INSURANCE CLAIMS: Provides relative to denial of coverage by dental plans
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB311 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1161060)
2. **HB311 Act 256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182328)
3. **HB311 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174329)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2149, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173491)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2294, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174323)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2214, Hensgens, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177042)
7. **HB311 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178563)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#476) — **350** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#477) — **350** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#677) — **960** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#358) — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mike Huval — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 256. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-28** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-28** Reconsidered.
- **2020-05-28** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-28** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-27** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments (12-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Prefiled. `filing`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/811390c5-5e2a-423e-9e94-73888946c4cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).