Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 615 — TAX/GASOLINE TAX: Adjusts the amount of excise tax levied on gasoline, diesel, and special fuels and levies new taxes on gasoline, diesel, special fuels, and electric and hybrid vehicles (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Last action — Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.

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

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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. Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.

  2. Called from the calendar.

  3. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 37, nays 47. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass.

  4. Notice given.

  5. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2021.

  6. Called from the calendar.

  7. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  8. Called from the calendar.

  9. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  10. Notice given.

  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2021.

  12. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  13. Notice given.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/10/2021.

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2021.

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

  17. Reported with amendments (11-4).

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

  19. Prefiled.

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

  21. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 33 voted No

Sponsors (1)

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

FINAL PASSAGE (#581)

Failed 37 Yea · 47 Nay · 21 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 131407
Democrat 11506
Republican 132808
Total 3747021
% of votes cast 35%45%0%20%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Bishop — Yea
James — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Davis — Yea
Jones — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Goudeau — Nay
Amedee — Nay
Hollis — Nay
Romero — Nay
Ivey — Nay
Cormier — Nay
Coussan — Nay
Stefanski — Nay
Marino — Nay
McKnight — Nay
Mincey — Nay
Frieman — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Nelson — Nay
Brown — Not Voting
Emerson — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Hughes — Not Voting
Huval — Not Voting
Willard — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Not Voting
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Nay
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Not Voting
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Bryan Fontenot Republican Nay
Charles Owen Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Nay
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Not Voting
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Not Voting
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Not Voting
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Nay
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Laurie Schlegel Republican Nay
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Phillip DeVillier Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Nay
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 615?
HB 615 is sponsored by Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 615?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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.
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