republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2025/hb-635.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Establishes the Creating Holistic Options in Coverage for Enterprise and Self-Insurance (CHOICES) Law"
description: "INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Establishes the Creating Holistic Options in Coverage for Enterprise and Self-Insurance (CHOICES) Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 635"
citation: "Louisiana HB 635 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Bamburg Jr."]
version_count: 12
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f7ca490-23f5-4851-a4e0-7df92ca2833f"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248735"
source_hash: "a0f508d47185781e549a088a75c0df702e56a4507c031760d3175167191d6697"
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 635 (2025) — INSURANCE DEPARTMENT: Establishes the Creating Holistic Options in Coverage for Enterprise and Self-Insurance (CHOICES) Law

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB635 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404688)
2. **HB635 Act 313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425636)
3. **HB635 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410118)
4. **HB635 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414579)
5. **HB635 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412436)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1406, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406732)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1970, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410080)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2160, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411073)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #2420, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412351)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #2699, Bamburg, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413767)
11. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2423, Bass, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419228)
12. **HB635 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421597)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#546) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#822) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#381) — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-06-16** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-06-16** Becomes Act No. 313 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2025-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/2025.
- **2025-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-02** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2025.
- **2025-05-08** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Reported with amendments (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2025-04-29** Reported with amendments (11-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f7ca490-23f5-4851-a4e0-7df92ca2833f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).