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LouisianaSB 522025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provide an individual income tax exemption for grants from the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program. (gov sig) (EN -$828,000 GF RV See Note)

Sponsored By: Patrick McMath (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Ways and MeansRevenue and Fiscal Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Louisiana homeowners get tax-free Fortify Homes grants

Louisiana Fortify Homes Program grants received on or after January 1, 2025, are exempt from Louisiana individual income tax. If you receive a qualifying grant, you do not include it in your state taxable income. Your tax savings depend on your tax situation.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Patrick McMath

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Beryl Amedée

    Republican • House

  • Roy Daryl Adams

    Democratic • House

  • Delisha Boyd

    Democratic • House

  • Matthew Willard

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Phillip DeVillier

    Republican • House

  • Shaun Raphael Mena

    Democratic • House

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 147 • No: 0

House vote • 5/28/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 99 • No: 0

House vote • 5/19/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/30/2025

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 32.

    6/4/2025Senate

  2. Effective date 6/4/2025.

    6/4/2025Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/30/2025.

    6/1/2025Senate

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

    5/29/2025Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/29/2025House

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/28/2025House

  7. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/28/2025Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2025.

    5/27/2025House

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

    5/21/2025House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/20/2025House

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

    5/19/2025House

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

    5/6/2025House

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

    5/5/2025House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/30/2025Senate

  15. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

    4/29/2025Senate

  16. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/29/2025Senate

  17. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

    4/23/2025Senate

  18. Reported favorably.

    4/22/2025Senate

  19. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

    4/14/2025Senate

  20. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

    4/1/2025Senate

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