SB 27 — TAX/TAXATION: Provides relative to the tax credit for donations to school tuition organizations. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 403.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 28, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 20, 2025.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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4 sponsors
1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).
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Mixed recorded votes
3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
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Read SB 27 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 403.
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Effective date 6/20/2025.
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 25 yeas and 10 nays.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Received from the House with amendments.
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Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2025.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Called from the Calendar.
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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.
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Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
Sponsors
- T. Johnson · Cosponsor
- Beth Anne Billings · Cosponsor
- Michael Robert Bayham Jr. · Cosponsor
- Kirk Talbot · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 143 not signed on · 34 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Kirk Talbot Republican Voted No
Co-sponsors (3)
- Johnson, T.
- Beth Anne Billings Republican
- Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican
Not signed on (143)
143 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 143 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 25 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 64% | 26% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Nay |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Nay |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Nay |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Nay |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Nay |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Nay |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Nay |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Nay |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Not Voting |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | 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 | Not Voting |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 98 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| 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 | 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 | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 11 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 28% | 67% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Nay |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Nay |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Nay |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Nay |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Nay |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Nay |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Nay |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Nay |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Nay |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Nay |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Nay |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Nay |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Nay |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Nay |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Nay |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Nay |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Nay |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Nay |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Nay |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Nay |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Nay |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 72% | 23% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Nay |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Nay |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Nay |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Nay |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Nay |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Nay |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Nay |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Nay |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | 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 |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 27?
- SB 27 is sponsored by Johnson, T., Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), and Kirk Talbot (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 27?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 28, 2025. Enacted.
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