HB150 • 2026

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Authorizes Cameron Parish to establish a local insurance program

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Ryan Bourriaque
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 128
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific financial figures for the local insurance fund.

Cameron Parish Local Insurance Program

This act allows Cameron Parish to create a local insurance program that assists homeowners with their home and flood insurance costs.

What This Bill Does

Allows the governing authority of Cameron Parish to establish a local insurance program by ordinance.
Requires the ordinance to provide rules for administering and managing the program, including eligibility criteria.
Permits the creation of a local insurance fund through parish funds, voluntary contributions, or grants.
Specifies that if the program ends, any remaining money goes back to Cameron Parish's general fund.

Who It Names or Affects

Homeowners in Cameron Parish who might join the insurance program.
The governing authority of Cameron Parish responsible for creating and managing the program.

Terms To Know

Local Insurance Program: A special plan created by Cameron Parish to assist homeowners with their home and flood insurance costs.
Eligibility Criteria: The rules that decide which homeowners qualify for program assistance.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify the exact amount of money in the local insurance fund.
Does not provide detailed information on what types of voluntary contributions or grants are allowed.
Does not outline specific day-to-day management details for the parish governing authority.

Bill History

2026-05-15 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-15 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 128.
2026-05-14 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-14 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-13 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-13 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-12 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-05 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-04 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-29 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-20 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
2026-04-15 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-15 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-14 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
2026-04-13 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-09 H
Reported favorably (14-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-13 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
2026-02-13 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
2026-02-13 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Authorizes Cameron Parish to establish a local insurance program

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 1282026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 150
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOURRIAQUE
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Chapter 18 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised
3 of R.S. 33:7151, relative to Cameron Parish; to authorize the creation of a local
4 insurance program; to provide relative to the administration and management of the
5 program; to provide relative to program eligibility; to authorize the creation of a
6 local insurance fund; and to provide for related matters.
7 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
8 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
9 Louisiana.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. Chapter 18 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,
12 comprised of R.S. 33:7151, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
13 CHAPTER 18. LOCAL INSURANCE PROGRAM; CAMERON PARISH
14 §7151. Local insurance program; Cameron Parish; creation
15 A. The governing authority of the parish of Cameron may establish, by
16 ordinance, a local insurance program, referred to in this Section as the "program",
17 to assist homeowners who reside within the parish with offsetting homeowners' and
18 flood insurance costs. The ordinance establishing the program shall provide for the
19 administration and management of the program. The ordinance shall also provide
20 for the adoption of rules and regulations to establish eligibility criteria to determine
21 which homeowners qualify for program assistance.
22 B. The parish governing authority may establish, by ordinance, a local
23 insurance fund to provide funding for the program. The parish governing authority
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1 may appropriate local parish funds to the local insurance fund. The parish governing
2 authority may also solicit and accept voluntary contributions and grants to carry out
3 the purposes of the program.
4 C. The program shall be modified or repealed as provided in the ordinance
5 establishing the program. If the program ceases to exist, all funds shall be
6 transferred to the general fund of the parish of Cameron.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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