Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 237 — REVENUE DEPARTMENT:  Requires paid tax preparers to sign and provide an identification number on tax returns, reports, and claims filed with the Department of Revenue. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Last action — Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 01, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  3. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.

  5. Called from the calendar.

  6. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

  8. Notice removed

  9. Notice given.

  10. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/18.

  11. Notice removed

  12. Notice given.

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/10/18.

  14. Notice removed

  15. Notice given.

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/18.

  17. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  18. Notice given.

  19. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/02/18.

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/18.

  21. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  22. Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.

  23. Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  24. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

  25. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  26. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  27. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  28. Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.

  29. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

  30. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

Sponsors

  • J.P. Morrell · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • J.P. Morrell

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

CONCUR (#1129)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25003
Democrat 4001
Republican 6000
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Not Voting
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Yea
Mills — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Johns — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Carter — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Perry — Yea
Smith, J. — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Appel — Yea
Chabert — Yea
Cortez — Yea
Ward — Yea
White — Yea
Fannin — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Morrish — Yea
Colomb — Not Voting
Walsworth — Not Voting
Claitor — Yea
Donahue — Yea
Erdey — Yea
Gatti — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#1041)

Passed 97 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 62005
Democrat 11002
Republican 24001
Total 97008
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Howard — Yea
Ivey — Not Voting
LeBas — Not Voting
Leger — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Norton — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Yea
Havard — Yea
Hazel — Yea
Henry — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Pope — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Hill — Not Voting
Smith — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Huval — Yea
James — Yea
White — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
Jones — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Cromer — Not Voting
Danahay — Not Voting
Pylant — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Shadoin — Yea
Simon — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Abramson — Yea
Armes — Yea
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Yea
Glover — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#141)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5000
Unaffiliated 24004
Republican 6000
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Yea
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Yea
Mills — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Morrish — Not Voting
Hewitt — Yea
Johns — Yea
Bishop — Not Voting
Smith, J. — Not Voting
Mr. President — Yea
Fannin — Yea
Carter — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Perry — Yea
Peterson — Yea
White — Yea
Chabert — Yea
Claitor — Yea
Colomb — Yea
Cortez — Yea
Walsworth — Yea
Ward — Yea
Appel — Yea
Donahue — Yea
Erdey — Yea
Gatti — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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SB 237 is sponsored by J.P. Morrell.
What is the current status of SB 237?
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