SB 79 is sponsored by Regina Barrow (Democrat), Wesley Bishop, Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Yvonne Colomb, Fred H. Mills, Jr., J.P. Morrell, and Gary Carter (Democrat).

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Louisiana 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted 3 D cosponsors

SB 79 — TAX/AD VALOREM: Constitutional amendment to authorize ad valorem tax exemptions in Orleans Parish to promote affordable housing. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Last action June 28, 2019 — Becomes Act No. 448

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 26, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 66% · 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.
7 sponsors

1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 D).
Mixed recorded votes

3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

June 28, 2019
Becomes Act No. 448
June 28, 2019
Effective date: See Act.
June 06, 2019
Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
June 04, 2019
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
June 04, 2019
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
June 03, 2019
Received from the House without amendments.
June 02, 2019
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 2. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
May 30, 2019
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
May 30, 2019
Scheduled for floor debate on 06/02/19.
May 29, 2019
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
May 28, 2019
Reported without amendments (6-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 21, 2019
Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
May 20, 2019
Reported favorably (11-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
May 09, 2019
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
May 09, 2019
Discharged from the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
May 09, 2019
Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.
May 08, 2019
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
May 07, 2019
Called from the Calendar.
May 07, 2019
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
May 02, 2019
Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
May 01, 2019
Read by title. By a vote of 22 yeas and 13 nays, the bill failed to receive the required two-thirds vote.
May 01, 2019
Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
April 30, 2019
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
April 29, 2019
Reported favorably.
April 08, 2019
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
March 26, 2019
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 140 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Gary Carter Democrat

Co-sponsors (6)

Regina Barrow Democrat
Wesley Bishop
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat
Yvonne Colomb
Fred H. Mills, Jr.
J.P. Morrell

Not signed on (140)

140 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

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	27	1	0	1
Unaffiliated	52	1	0	7
Democrat	13	0	0	3
Total	92	2	0	11
% of votes cast	88%	2%	0%	10%

Member	Party	Vote
Ivey	—	Nay
LeBas	—	Yea
Leopold	—	Not Voting
Magee	—	Yea
Marino	—	Yea
Glover	—	Yea
Guinn	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Hoffmann	—	Yea
Leger	—	Yea
Pearson	—	Yea
Moss	—	Yea
Bishop	—	Yea
Pierre	—	Yea
Pope	—	Yea
Pugh	—	Yea
Brown, C.	—	Yea
Brown, T.	—	Yea
Amedee	—	Yea
Anders	—	Yea
Billiot	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Yea
Henry	—	Not Voting
Carter, S.	—	Yea
Hollis	—	Yea
Howard	—	Yea
Huval	—	Not Voting
Johnson, R.	—	Yea
James	—	Not Voting
Jefferson	—	Yea
Jones	—	Yea
Landry, N.	—	Yea
White	—	Yea
DuBuisson	—	Yea
Mr. Speaker	—	Not Voting
Smith	—	Not Voting
Norton	—	Not Voting
Carmody	—	Yea
Chaney	—	Yea
Pylant	—	Yea
Richard	—	Yea
Schexnayder	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Stefanski	—	Yea
Simon	—	Yea
Stokes	—	Yea
Abramson	—	Yea
Armes	—	Yea
Bagneris	—	Yea
Berthelot	—	Yea
Coussan	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Dwight	—	Yea
Emerson	—	Yea
Falconer	—	Yea
Franklin	—	Yea
Gaines	—	Yea
Garofalo	—	Yea
Gisclair	—	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	Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Yea
Ken Brass	Democrat	Yea
Pat Moore	Democrat	Yea
Robby Carter	Democrat	Yea
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Yea
Roy Daryl Adams	Democrat	Yea
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Yea
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Yea
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Yea
Alan Seabaugh	Republican	Yea
Blake Miguez	Republican	Not Voting
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	Nay
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

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	2	0	0	3
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	23
Republican	0	0	0	7
Total	6	0	0	33
% of votes cast	15%	0%	0%	85%

Member	Party	Vote
Martiny	—	Not Voting
Milkovich	—	Not Voting
Mills	—	Yea
Bishop	—	Yea
Mr. President	—	Not Voting
Carter	—	Not Voting
Hewitt	—	Not Voting
Smith, G.	—	Not Voting
Smith, J.	—	Not Voting
Fannin	—	Not Voting
White	—	Not Voting
Johns	—	Not Voting
Long	—	Not Voting
Peacock	—	Not Voting
Peterson	—	Not Voting
Chabert	—	Not Voting
Claitor	—	Not Voting
Colomb	—	Yea
Cortez	—	Not Voting
Donahue	—	Not Voting
Erdey	—	Not Voting
Walsworth	—	Not Voting
Ward	—	Not Voting
Morrell	—	Yea
Morrish	—	Not Voting
Appel	—	Not Voting
Gatti	—	Not Voting
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Not Voting
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Not Voting
Beth Mizell	Republican	Not Voting
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Not Voting
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Not Voting
Neil Riser	Republican	Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Not Voting
Robert Allain	Republican	Not Voting

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	5	2	0	0
Unaffiliated	18	7	0	2
Democrat	5	0	0	0
Total	28	9	0	2
% of votes cast	72%	23%	0%	5%

Member	Party	Vote
Long	—	Nay
Martiny	—	Yea
Milkovich	—	Yea
Mills	—	Yea
Hewitt	—	Nay
Johns	—	Yea
Mr. President	—	Yea
Smith, G.	—	Yea
Bishop	—	Yea
Smith, J.	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
White	—	Yea
Peacock	—	Nay
Peterson	—	Not Voting
Fannin	—	Nay
Chabert	—	Yea
Claitor	—	Nay
Cortez	—	Yea
Donahue	—	Nay
Erdey	—	Yea
Walsworth	—	Nay
Ward	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Morrish	—	Yea
Appel	—	Yea
Colomb	—	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	Nay
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Yea
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Yea
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Nay
Neil Riser	Republican	Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Yea
Robert Allain	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	4	2	0	1
Unaffiliated	14	11	0	2
Democrat	4	0	0	1
Total	22	13	0	4
% of votes cast	56%	33%	0%	10%

Member	Party	Vote
Long	—	Nay
Hewitt	—	Nay
Johns	—	Yea
Mr. President	—	Yea
Smith, G.	—	Yea
Bishop	—	Yea
Smith, J.	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Morrish	—	Nay
Fannin	—	Nay
Peacock	—	Nay
Peterson	—	Yea
White	—	Nay
Chabert	—	Yea
Claitor	—	Nay
Cortez	—	Nay
Ward	—	Yea
Walsworth	—	Not Voting
Martiny	—	Yea
Milkovich	—	Nay
Mills	—	Yea
Appel	—	Nay
Colomb	—	Yea
Donahue	—	Nay
Erdey	—	Not Voting
Gatti	—	Yea
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Yea
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Not Voting
Beth Mizell	Republican	Nay
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Yea
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Yea
Neil Riser	Republican	Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Yea
Robert Allain	Republican	Nay

Subjects

taxation housing

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 79?: SB 79 is sponsored by Regina Barrow (Democrat), Wesley Bishop, Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Yvonne Colomb, Fred H. Mills, Jr., J.P. Morrell, and Gary Carter (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 79?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 26, 2019. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 79
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: March 26, 2019
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Gary Carter

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