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LouisianaHB 1312025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: Prohibits the board of review in Calcasieu Parish from considering ad valorem tax assessment complaints to which the notice of complaint was provided via facsimile transmission (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Les Farnum (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Revenue and Fiscal AffairsWays and Means

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Calcasieu homeowners face stricter tax appeal filing

Calcasieu Parish's board of review limits filing methods for complaints challenging real property tax assessments. For complaints filed on or after July 1, 2025, it accepts only timely filings made in person at its office or by certified mail. It does not consider faxed complaints. The law itself does not change assessment values or tax amounts.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Les Farnum

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/20/2025

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

Yes: 38 • No: 0

House vote • 4/24/2025

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 94 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 9.

    5/28/2025House

  2. Effective date: 07/01/2025.

    5/28/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/22/2025House

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

    5/21/2025House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/21/2025Senate

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

    5/20/2025Senate

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/20/2025House

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

    5/14/2025Senate

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

    5/13/2025Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/12/2025Senate

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

    4/29/2025Senate

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

    4/28/2025Senate

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/24/2025House

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2025.

    4/23/2025House

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

    4/16/2025House

  16. Reported favorably (12-0).

    4/15/2025House

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

    4/14/2025House

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/28/2025.

    3/28/2025House

  19. Prefiled.

    3/26/2025House

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

    3/26/2025House

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