Louisiana 2019 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 5 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 256 — TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Provides with respect to the rate and exemption for the severance tax on oil produced from incapable wells (RE2 -$2,500,000 GF RV See Note)

Last action — Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.

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

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.

  2. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  3. Reported with amendments.

  4. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

  5. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  6. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  7. Called from the calendar.

  8. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/19.

  10. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  11. Reported with amendments (11-0).

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

  13. Prefiled.

  14. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Sponsors

  • Jim Morris · Primary
  • Neil Abramson · Cosponsor
  • Beryl Amedee · Cosponsor
  • Robert E. Billiot · Cosponsor
  • Terry Brown · Cosponsor
  • Thomas Carmody · Cosponsor
  • Steve Carter · Cosponsor
  • Jean-Paul Coussan · Cosponsor
  • Stephen Dwight · Cosponsor
  • Julie Emerson · Cosponsor
  • John E. "Johnny" Guinn · Cosponsor
  • Dodie Horton · Cosponsor
  • Mike Huval · Cosponsor
  • Nancy Landry · Cosponsor
  • Wayne McMahen · Cosponsor
  • Barbara Norton · Cosponsor
  • Kirk Talbot · Cosponsor
  • Jeremy LaCombe · Cosponsor
  • Phillip DeVillier · Cosponsor
  • Raymond J. Crews · Cosponsor
  • Steven Jackson · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 20 co-sponsors · 126 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Jim Morris

Co-sponsors (20)

Not signed on (126)

126 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.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#89)

Passed 93 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 14002
Unaffiliated 500010
Republican 29000
Total 930012
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
LeBas — Yea
Leger — Not Voting
Leopold — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Glover — Not Voting
Moss — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Howard — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Johnson, R. — Yea
James — Yea
Smith — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
White — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Bishop — Not Voting
Norton — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Richard — Not Voting
Schexnayder — Yea
Simon — Not Voting
Stagni — Yea
Stokes — Not Voting
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Abramson — Not Voting
Armes — Yea
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Not Voting
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Not Voting
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Not Voting
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Christopher Turner 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
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Mike Johnson 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
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 256?
HB 256 is sponsored by Jim Morris, Neil Abramson, Beryl Amedee, Robert E. Billiot, Terry Brown, Thomas Carmody, Steve Carter, Jean-Paul Coussan, Stephen Dwight, Julie Emerson, John E. "Johnny" Guinn, Dodie Horton (Republican), Mike Huval, Nancy Landry, Wayne McMahen (Republican), Barbara Norton, Kirk Talbot, Jeremy LaCombe (Republican), Phillip DeVillier (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), and Steven Jackson (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 256?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 256?
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