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LA HB759
Bill
Status
2/27/2026
Primary Sponsor
Gabe Firment
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AI Summary
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Amends R.S. 22:1483.2 to clarify that insurance producers, in addition to insurers, must offer fortified roof endorsements to homeowners with nonfortified residential structures when covered damage requires roof replacement
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Requires insurers who sell a fortified roof endorsement and later discover the structure is ineligible for retrofitting to refund premiums collected, minus the costs of determining ineligibility
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Prohibits insurers from refusing to offer the fortified roof endorsement based solely on the age of the roof, though roof age and condition may be used as rating factors for the endorsement premium
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Applies to homeowners' policies covering residential structures eligible to be retrofitted to comply with Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety fortified roof standards
Legislative Description
Provides relative to fortified roof endorsement offers
INSURANCE/PROPERTY
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
3/9/2026