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LouisianaSB 4852026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

TAX/LOCAL: Provides for the levy of premium tax in the city of St. George. (7/1/26)

Sponsored By: Rick Edmonds (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Municipal, Parochial and Cultural AffairsLocal and Municipal Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

St. George takes over insurance taxes

Effective January 1, 2027, St. George alone sets, collects, manages, and enforces local insurance premium taxes within city limits. These taxes are charged to insurers based on premiums for risks located there. Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, and their consolidated government cannot impose, collect, manage, or receive these taxes. Insurers face only one local insurance premium tax per risk and period; the law sets no tax rate or amount. St. George and the parish can agree on records transfers, closing old records, and administrative cooperation—not continued parish collection. The changes apply only to premiums for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 139 • No: 0

House vote • 5/27/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

House vote • 5/20/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/13/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 904.

    6/9/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 1/1/2027.

    6/9/2026Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    6/1/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/31/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/31/2026House

  6. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

    5/29/2026Senate

  7. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    5/28/2026Senate

  8. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/27/2026House

  9. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/27/2026Senate

  10. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/26/2026House

  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2026.

    5/26/2026House

  12. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/25/2026House

  13. Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/20/2026House

  14. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

    5/19/2026House

  15. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    5/18/2026House

  16. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/13/2026Senate

  17. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/12/2026Senate

  18. Reported favorably.

    5/11/2026Senate

  19. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

    4/1/2026Senate

  20. Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    3/31/2026Senate

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