HB234 • 2026

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Insurance

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Gabe Firment
Last action: 2026-04-30
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 30
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the operations of the Department of Insurance between now and June 30, 2026.

Re-creating the Department of Insurance

This act re-establishes and continues the Louisiana Department of Insurance until July 1, 2031.

What This Bill Does

Creates a new law that brings back the Department of Insurance on June 30, 2026.
Sets a date for when the department will end its operations on July 1, 2031.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Insurance in Louisiana
Statutory entities that are part of the Department of Insurance

Terms To Know

Department of Insurance: A government agency responsible for regulating insurance companies and protecting consumers.
Statutory authority: The legal power given by a law to an organization or person to do something specific.

Limits and Unknowns

It is not clear what will happen after July 1, 2031, unless the department is re-created earlier.
This act does not specify how the Department of Insurance will operate between now and June 30, 2026.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment #1060 Firment Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFLBHB234 2395 1060 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Firment on behalf of the Legislative Bureau to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFLBHB234 2395 1060 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Firment on behalf of the Legislative Bureau to Engrossed House Bill No.
234 by Representative Firment 1 AMENDMENT NO.
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Bill History

2026-04-30 H
Effective date: 06/30/2026.
2026-04-30 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 30.
2026-04-28 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-04-27 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-04-27 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-04-23 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-04-22 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-04-14 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-13 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-08 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-31 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
2026-03-30 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-25 H
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-23 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.
2026-03-23 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-18 H
Reported favorably (13-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
2026-02-20 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
2026-02-20 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
2026-02-20 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Insurance

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 302026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 234
BY REPRESENTATIVE FIRMENT
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 49:191(3)(b) and repeal R.S. 49:191(1)(e), relative to the Department of
3 Insurance, including provisions to provide for the re-creation of the Department of
4 Insurance and the statutory entities made a part of the department by law; to provide
5 for the effective termination date for all statutory authority for the existence of such
6 statutory entities; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Pursuant to R.S. 49:193, the Department of Insurance and the statutory
9 entities made a part of the department by law shall be re-created effective June 30, 2026, and
10 all statutory authority therefor is continued in accordance with the provisions of Part XII of
11 Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
12 Section 2. All statutory authority for the existence of the Department of Insurance
13 and the statutory entities made a part of the department as re-created by Section 1 of this Act
14 shall cease as of July 1, 2031, pursuant to R.S. 49:191. However, the Department of
15 Insurance may be re-created prior to such date in accordance with the provisions of Part XII
16 of Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
17 Section 3. The provisions of R.S. 49:193 are hereby superseded to the extent that
18 those provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act.
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HB NO. 234 ENROLLED
1 Section 4. R.S. 49:191(3)(b) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
2 §191. Termination of legislative authority for existence of statutory entities; phase-
3 out period for statutory entities; table of dates
4 Notwithstanding any termination dates set by any previous Act of the
5 legislature, the statutory entities set forth in this Section shall begin to terminate their
6 operations on July first of each of the following years, and all legislative authority
7 for the existence of any statutory entity, as defined in R.S. 49:190, shall cease as of
8 July first of the following year, which shall be the termination date:
9 * * *
10 (3) July 1, 2030:
11 * * *
12 (b) The Department of Insurance and all statutory entities made a part of the
13 department by law.
14 Section 5. R.S. 49:191(1)(e) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
15 Section 6. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2026; if vetoed by the
16 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
17 June 30, 2026, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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