Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 9 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 161 — TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM: Changes local sales and use tax exemptions for commercial fishermen and certain seafood processing facilities from optional to mandatory (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 62.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 23, 2023. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 16 sponsors

    1 primary, 15 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (9 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 62.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2023.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported favorably.

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

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

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2023.

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

  16. Reported favorably (12-0).

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

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/24/2023.

  19. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (15)

Not signed on (131)

131 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 (#422)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Republican 19000
Democrat 7000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Carter — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Cameron Henry Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#150)

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29003
Republican 45004
Democrat 22002
Total 96009
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Glover — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Huval — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Emerson — Yea
White — Yea
Magee — Yea
Willard — Yea
Marino — Yea
Ivey — Not Voting
McKnight — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Not Voting
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Not Voting
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Not Voting
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner 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 161?
HB 161 is sponsored by Ray Garofalo, Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Clay Schexnayder, Jack McFarland (Republican), Tanner Magee, Dodie Horton (Republican), Jonathan Goudeau, Bryan Fontenot (Republican), Les Farnum (Republican), Mack Cormier, Chad Brown, Ryan Bourriaque (Republican), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 161?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 23, 2023. Enacted.
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