HB 325 is sponsored by Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Danny McCormick (Republican), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), and Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat).

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Louisiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 3 D · 2 R cosponsors

HB 325 — TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Last action June 11, 2025 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 266.

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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 03, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 11, 2025.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 96% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
5 sponsors

1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (3 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

June 11, 2025
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 266.
June 11, 2025
Effective date: 01/01/2026.
June 09, 2025
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
June 08, 2025
Received from the Senate without amendments.
June 08, 2025
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
June 08, 2025
Signed by the President of the Senate.
June 04, 2025
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
June 03, 2025
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
June 03, 2025
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
June 02, 2025
Reported favorably.
May 29, 2025
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
May 28, 2025
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
May 27, 2025
Called from the calendar.
May 27, 2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 20. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
May 22, 2025
Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
May 22, 2025
Notice given.
May 22, 2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2025.
May 21, 2025
Called from the calendar.
May 21, 2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 64, nays 27. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending.
May 20, 2025
Notice given.
May 20, 2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
May 19, 2025
Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
May 15, 2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2025.
May 14, 2025
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
May 13, 2025
Reported with amendments (9-3).
April 14, 2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
April 03, 2025
Prefiled.
April 03, 2025
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on · 40 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat

Co-sponsors (4)

Candace N. Newell Democrat
Danny McCormick Republican
Steven Jackson Democrat
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican

Not signed on (142)

142 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
Unaffiliated	2	0	0	0
Democrat	9	0	0	1
Republican	15	11	0	1
Total	26	11	0	2
% of votes cast	67%	28%	0%	5%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Yea
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Yea
Gary Carter	Democrat	Yea
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews	Democrat	Yea
Larry Selders	Democrat	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Yea
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Yea
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Not Voting
Adam Bass	Republican	Nay
Alan Seabaugh	Republican	Yea
Beth Mizell	Republican	Nay
Blake Miguez	Republican	Yea
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Yea
Brach Jerad Myers	Republican	Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter	Republican	Yea
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Yea
Franklin J. Foil	Republican	Nay
Glen Womack	Republican	Yea
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Yea
Heather Cloud	Republican	Nay
Jeremy Stine	Republican	Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris	Republican	Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat	Republican	Nay
Kirk Talbot	Republican	Yea
Mark Abraham	Republican	Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi	Republican	Nay
Mike Reese	Republican	Yea
Patrick Connick	Republican	Nay
Patrick McMath	Republican	Nay
Rick Edmonds	Republican	Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Not Voting
Robert Allain	Republican	Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey	Republican	Yea
Thomas A. Pressly	Republican	Nay
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	10	1	0	2
Republican	46	15	0	5
Democrat	18	4	0	4
Total	74	20	0	11
% of votes cast	70%	19%	0%	10%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
Emerson	—	Yea
Galle	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Hughes	—	Yea
Brown	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Amedee	—	Nay
Davis	—	Not Voting
Willard	—	Not Voting
Johnson, T.	—	Yea
Landry, T.	—	Yea
St. Blanc	—	Yea
Adrian Fisher	Democrat	Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman	Democrat	Nay
Alonzo L. Knox	Democrat	Yea
Barbara Carpenter	Democrat	Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Yea
Candace N. Newell	Democrat	Yea
Delisha Boyd	Democrat	Yea
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Yea
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Yea
Joy Walters	Democrat	Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green	Democrat	Not Voting
Ken Brass	Democrat	Yea
Mandie Landry	Democrat	Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant	Democrat	Yea
Pat Moore	Democrat	Yea
Rashid Armand Young	Democrat	Yea
Robby Carter	Democrat	Nay
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Yea
Roy Daryl Adams	Democrat	Nay
Shaun Raphael Mena	Democrat	Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor	Democrat	Yea
Tammy T. Phelps	Democrat	Not Voting
Tehmi Jahi Chassion	Democrat	Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Yea
Annie Spell	Republican	Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg	Republican	Yea
Beth Anne Billings	Republican	Yea
Brett F. Geymann	Republican	Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso	Republican	Yea
Bryan Fontenot	Republican	Nay
Chad Michael Boyer	Republican	Yea
Chance Keith Henry	Republican	Yea
Christopher Turner	Republican	Yea
Danny McCormick	Republican	Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel	Republican	Yea
Debbie Villio	Republican	Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin	Republican	Yea
Dodie Horton	Republican	Nay
Emily Chenevert	Republican	Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry	Republican	Yea
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Yea
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Yea
III, Roger William Wilder	Republican	Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Yea
Jack McFarland	Republican	Not Voting
Jacob Braud	Republican	Yea
Jacob Jules Landry	Republican	Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt	Republican	Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley	Republican	Yea
Jeremy LaCombe	Republican	Yea
Jerome Zeringue	Republican	Yea
Jessica Domangue	Republican	Yea
John E. Wyble	Republican	Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron	Republican	Yea
Josh Carlson	Republican	Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg	Republican	Yea
Jr., John R. Illg	Republican	Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham	Republican	Not Voting
Kathy Edmonston	Republican	Nay
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson	Republican	Yea
Kim Carver	Republican	Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates	Republican	Yea
Larry A. Bagley	Republican	Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella	Republican	Yea
Laurie Schlegel	Republican	Yea
Les Farnum	Republican	Nay
Mark Wright	Republican	Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment	Republican	Nay
Michael Charles Echols	Republican	Yea
Michael Melerine	Republican	Nay
Mike Johnson	Republican	Nay
Neil Riser	Republican	Yea
Nicholas Muscarello	Republican	Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Nay
Polly Thomas	Republican	Nay
R. Dewith Carrier	Republican	Yea
Raymond J. Crews	Republican	Not Voting
Rhonda Gaye Butler	Republican	Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn	Republican	Nay
Ryan Bourriaque	Republican	Yea
Shane Mack	Republican	Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan	Republican	Yea
Stephanie H. Berault	Republican	Yea
Stephanie Hilferty	Republican	Nay
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Yea
Tony Bacala	Republican	Yea
Troy Jude Hebert	Republican	Yea
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	17	3	0	6
Republican	38	23	0	5
Unaffiliated	9	1	0	3
Total	64	27	0	14
% of votes cast	61%	26%	0%	13%

Member	Party	Vote
Emerson	—	Yea
Galle	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Brown	—	Yea
Willard	—	Yea
Amedee	—	Nay
Mr. Speaker	—	Not Voting
Davis	—	Not Voting
Hughes	—	Not Voting
Johnson, T.	—	Yea
Landry, T.	—	Yea
St. Blanc	—	Yea
Adrian Fisher	Democrat	Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman	Democrat	Nay
Alonzo L. Knox	Democrat	Yea
Barbara Carpenter	Democrat	Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Not Voting
Candace N. Newell	Democrat	Yea
Delisha Boyd	Democrat	Yea
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Yea
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Not Voting
Joy Walters	Democrat	Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green	Democrat	Not Voting
Ken Brass	Democrat	Yea
Mandie Landry	Democrat	Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant	Democrat	Yea
Pat Moore	Democrat	Yea
Rashid Armand Young	Democrat	Yea
Robby Carter	Democrat	Nay
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Yea
Roy Daryl Adams	Democrat	Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena	Democrat	Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor	Democrat	Yea
Tammy T. Phelps	Democrat	Not Voting
Tehmi Jahi Chassion	Democrat	Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Yea
Annie Spell	Republican	Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg	Republican	Not Voting
Beth Anne Billings	Republican	Yea
Brett F. Geymann	Republican	Not Voting
Brian Leonard Glorioso	Republican	Yea
Bryan Fontenot	Republican	Yea
Chad Michael Boyer	Republican	Yea
Chance Keith Henry	Republican	Nay
Christopher Turner	Republican	Yea
Danny McCormick	Republican	Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel	Republican	Yea
Debbie Villio	Republican	Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin	Republican	Yea
Dodie Horton	Republican	Nay
Emily Chenevert	Republican	Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry	Republican	Yea
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Nay
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Yea
III, Roger William Wilder	Republican	Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Yea
Jack McFarland	Republican	Yea
Jacob Braud	Republican	Yea
Jacob Jules Landry	Republican	Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt	Republican	Nay
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley	Republican	Nay
Jeremy LaCombe	Republican	Yea
Jerome Zeringue	Republican	Yea
Jessica Domangue	Republican	Yea
John E. Wyble	Republican	Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron	Republican	Yea
Josh Carlson	Republican	Not Voting
Jr., Dennis Bamburg	Republican	Yea
Jr., John R. Illg	Republican	Nay
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham	Republican	Nay
Kathy Edmonston	Republican	Nay
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson	Republican	Yea
Kim Carver	Republican	Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates	Republican	Nay
Larry A. Bagley	Republican	Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella	Republican	Yea
Laurie Schlegel	Republican	Nay
Les Farnum	Republican	Nay
Mark Wright	Republican	Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment	Republican	Nay
Michael Charles Echols	Republican	Yea
Michael Melerine	Republican	Nay
Mike Johnson	Republican	Yea
Neil Riser	Republican	Not Voting
Nicholas Muscarello	Republican	Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Nay
Polly Thomas	Republican	Nay
R. Dewith Carrier	Republican	Yea
Raymond J. Crews	Republican	Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler	Republican	Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn	Republican	Nay
Ryan Bourriaque	Republican	Yea
Shane Mack	Republican	Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan	Republican	Nay
Stephanie H. Berault	Republican	Yea
Stephanie Hilferty	Republican	Nay
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Nay
Tony Bacala	Republican	Yea
Troy Jude Hebert	Republican	Yea
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 325?: HB 325 is sponsored by Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Danny McCormick (Republican), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), and Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 325?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 03, 2025. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: HB 325
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: April 03, 2025
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Marcus Anthony Bryant

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