Agenda - Ways and Means

House Committee on Ways and Means
May 5, 2025 9:00 a.m. Room 6
Scheduled

BLUE = already considered. RED = currently being considered. BLACK = not yet considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INSTRUMENTS TO BE HEARD
	HB133	WILLARD	TAX CREDITS - Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit (OR -$64,600,000 GF RV See Note)
	HB184	CHARLES OWEN	TAX/INCOME-INDIV/EXEMPT - Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts a taxpayer receives through hardship distributions from retirement accounts (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
	HB186	DEWITT	TAX CREDITS - Authorizes a tax credit for certain employers of La. National Guard members and military reservists (OR -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)
	HB194	BAYHAM	TAX/INCOME-INDIV/EXEMPT - Authorizes an income tax deduction for certain taxpayers' overtime compensation
	HB195	BAYHAM	TAX/INCOME-INDIV/EXEMPT - Authorizes an income tax deduction for certain amounts of tip income
	HB198	KNOX	TAX/INCOME-INDIV/EXEMPT - Authorizes an income tax deduction for tip income earned by taxpayers at or below certain income levels
	HB211	MANDIE LANDRY	TAX CREDITS - Modifies the definition of "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
	HB230	WALTERS	TAX CREDITS - Establishes an income tax credit for motor vehicle manufacturers and motor vehicle manufacturing suppliers (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
	HB236	GLORIOSO	TAX/INCOME TAX - Establishes an individual income tax deduction for certain property insurance policy premiums (OR -$69,900,000 GF RV See Note)
	HB238	MCFARLAND	TAX/INCOME TAX - Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption of children from foster care and donations to foster care charitable organizations (OR NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
	HB325	BRYANT	TAX/TOBACCO TAX - Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (OR -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)
	HB337	WILLARD	TAX CREDITS - Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who claim a dependent under the age of six
	HB414	DEWITT	TAX/INCOME TAX - Exempts certain overtime compensation and income earned from tips from state income taxation
	HB444	MACK	ENERGY - Creates an injection tax for carbon dioxide sequestration (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
	HB475	FIRMENT	TAX CREDITS - Increases the maximum amount of insurance premium tax credits for retaliatory taxes paid by certain domestic insurers that may be claimed in a fiscal year and extends the sunset date of the credit (OR -$9,000,000 GF RV See Note)
	HB477	FREIBERG	TAX CREDITS - Authorizes university laboratory schools to participate in the student tuition organization tax credit program (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)
	HB485	HILFERTY	TAX/INCOME TAX - Establishes an individual income tax deduction for net capital gains
	HB490	MCFARLAND	TAX/SALES & USE - Provides for the sales and use tax exemption for certain public entities
	HB495	GEYMANN	TAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Limits the severance tax exemption for gas produced from horizontally drilled wells
	HB518	GEYMANN	TAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Provides relative to rates, computation, and administration of severance tax on oil, gas, and other natural resources (OR NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
	HB533	CARVER	TAX CREDITS - Establishes the Work-Based Learning Tax Credit for employment of apprentices, interns, and youth workers (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
	HB552	SCHAMERHORN	TAX/EXCISE - Levies a tax on the operation of carbon capture and storage pipelines
	HB600	GEYMANN	TAX/SEVERANCE TAX - Reduces the rate of severance tax on oil produced from newly completed wells and provides relative to special rates on oil produced from certain limited-production wells
	HB642	WILDER	TAX CREDITS - Repeals the earned income tax credit (OR +$64,600,000 GF RV See Note)
	HB653	DAVIS	TAX CREDITS - Extends the duration of the sound recording investor tax credit program
	HB654	BEAULLIEU	TAX/SALES & USE - Requires sales and use tax exemptions, exclusions, credits, rebates, and refunds to apply to both the state and local sales tax bases
	HB665	WILLARD	TAX CREDITS - Provides relative to the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program
	HB668	WRIGHT	TAX/EXCISE - Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute and authorizes a reduced excise tax rate on certain tobacco products
	HB669	RISER	TAX/EXCISE - Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute and authorizes a reduced excise tax rate on certain tobacco products
	HB671	GLORIOSO	TAX CREDITS - Establishes a tax credit for donations made to certain organizations serving victims of human trafficking
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT

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