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LouisianaHB 6542025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

TAX/SALES & USE: Requires sales and use tax exemptions, exclusions, credits, or rebates to apply to both the state and local sales tax bases (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Sponsored By: Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IV (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Revenue and Fiscal AffairsWays and Means

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Louisiana requires statewide sales tax breaks

Beginning January 1, 2026, Louisiana lawmakers can enact new sales or use tax breaks only if all taxing authorities are covered. This includes exemptions, exclusions, credits, and rebates for both state and local taxes. The law creates no tax break itself and does not change existing exemptions.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IV

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 145 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/3/2025

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

House vote • 5/12/2025

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

Yes: 96 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2025

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 215.

    6/8/2025House

  2. Effective date: 06/08/2025.

    6/8/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/5/2025House

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

    6/4/2025House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/4/2025Senate

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    6/3/2025Senate

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    6/3/2025House

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

    6/2/2025Senate

  9. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    6/1/2025Senate

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

    5/13/2025Senate

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

    5/12/2025House

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

    5/12/2025Senate

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025.

    5/8/2025House

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

    5/7/2025House

  15. Reported with amendments (12-0).

    5/6/2025House

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

    4/24/2025House

  17. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

    4/23/2025House

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