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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to coverage for mastectomies and reconstructive surgery. (8/1/20)"
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description: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to coverage for mastectomies and reconstructive surgery. (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 494"
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citation: "Louisiana SB 494 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Troy Carter"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-03-31"
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last_action: "2020-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff9c4844-610b-490d-907d-7d516558b789"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238829"
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source_hash: "4dfd070d5c7f2bf80ce99d57bcbcd7d2e599e032eb62ff20418c0368aed4521b"
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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 494 (2020) — INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to coverage for mastectomies and reconstructive surgery. (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. **SB494 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1168220)
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2. **House Committee Amendment, #2148, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173484)
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3. **House Committee Amendment, #2292, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174326)
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4. **SB494 Act 304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182330)
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5. **SB494 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169935)
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6. **SB494 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171279)
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7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1004, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169439)
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8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1226, Carter, Troy, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170876)
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9. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1191, Carter, Troy, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170749)
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10. **SB494 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177992)
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## Votes
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- CONCUR (#624) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#513) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#126) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Troy Carter — 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. 304. `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** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
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- **2020-05-28** Received from the House with amendments.
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- **2020-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/20.
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- **2020-05-21** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2020-05-13** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-05-11** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2020-05-07** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2020-05-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-31** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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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/ff9c4844-610b-490d-907d-7d516558b789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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