House Committee on Ways and Means
May 13, 2025
9:00 a.m.
Room 6
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INSTRUMENTS TO BE HEARD
HB188
CHARLES OWEN
TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM
- Authorizes a local sales tax exemption for certain adaptive driving equipment and vehicle modifications (EN -$83,000 LF RV See Note)
HB300
MACK
TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION
- (Constitutional Amendment) Increases the income threshold for purposes of qualifying for the special assessment level (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)
HB325
BRYANT
TAX/TOBACCO TAX
- Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB383
BRASS
TAX CREDITS
- Postpones the termination of a tax credit for C-corporations for local inventory taxes paid but reduces the amount of the credit for those taxpayers (EG1 -$130,000,000 SD RV See Note)
HB402
KNOX
TAX/INCOME TAX
- Authorizes an income tax deduction for veterans with certain disabilities (EG -$11,300,000 GF RV See Note)
HB520
ILLG
TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT
- Establishes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for certain antique motor vehicles and increases the fee for issuance of special license plates for those vehicles (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB551
WALTERS
TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT
- Establishes a sales tax holiday for purchases of certain items on the first Saturday of August each year (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)
HB606
TURNER
TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM
- Exempts prescription drugs and insulin from local sales and use taxes (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note)
HB636
JORDAN
TAX/EXCISE
- Levies an excise tax on cannabis and provides for the use of monies derived from the tax (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB645
WYBLE
TAX/INCOME TAX
- Reduces the rate of the tax levied on the net income of individuals and increases the amount of the standard deduction for all filers (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB646
ROBBY CARTER
TAX/EXCISE
- Imposes an excise tax on proceeds from geologic storage of carbon dioxide (OR INCREASE GF RV See Note)
HB653
DAVIS
TAX CREDITS
- Transfers the sound recording investor tax credit program from La. Economic Development to the Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and extends the duration of the program (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB656
JORDAN
TAX/SALES & USE
- Repeals the reduction in the state sales and use tax rate and dedicates a portion of the avails of the state sales tax to fund teacher pay raises (EG -$276,800,000 GF RV See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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