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type: "Bill"
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title: "INSURERS: Prohibits insurance contracts from depriving courts of this state or venue of action against insurer. (8/1/20)"
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description: "INSURERS: Prohibits insurance contracts from depriving courts of this state or venue of action against insurer. (8/1/20)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 156"
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citation: "Louisiana SB 156 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jay Luneau"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-02-25"
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last_action: "2020-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d66e21a-4680-4d85-a543-3aa0b8ed4ce4"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237761"
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source_hash: "c4cddf8f84fb34d9ae9843b56eca7214e38de7af128fd9d42fdf393226c88044"
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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 (2020) — INSURERS: Prohibits insurance contracts from depriving courts of this state or venue of action against insurer. (8/1/20)
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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](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1159398)
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2. **SB156 Act 307** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182494)
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3. **SB156 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172210)
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4. **SB156 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174218)
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5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1722, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174134)
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6. **SB156 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177536)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#586) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#250) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jay Luneau — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-06-12** Effective date 8/1/2020.
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- **2020-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 307. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2020. `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2020-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2020-05-29** Received from the House without amendments.
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- **2020-05-29** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2020-05-29** Called from the calendar.
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- **2020-05-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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- **2020-05-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/20.
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- **2020-05-27** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended.
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- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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- **2020-05-27** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2020-05-20** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-05-19** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2020-05-19** Called from the Calendar.
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- **2020-05-18** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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- **2020-05-14** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2020-03-09** 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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- **2020-02-25** 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/8d66e21a-4680-4d85-a543-3aa0b8ed4ce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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