Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs
June 1, 2025
2:30 PM
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
MINUTES TO BE APPROVED:
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
HB2
EMERSON
CAPITAL OUTLAY
- Provides for the comprehensive Capital Outlay budget
HB3
EMERSON
CAPITAL OUTLAY
- Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act
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 (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB326
BUTLER
COSMETOLOGY/BOARD
- Provides relative to the Louisiana Cosmetology Act (EG1 INCREASE SG RV See Note)
HB500
BEAULLIEU
TAX/SALES & USE
- Authorizes the mediation of certain tax disputes, the issuance of policy advice, and requests for private letter rulings under certain circumstances (RR1 NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
HB578
EMERSON
TAX/SALES & USE
- Provides with respect to state and local sales and use taxes and exemptions to those taxes (RR -$266,500,000 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 (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB654
BEAULLIEU
TAX/SALES & USE
- Requires sales and use tax exemptions, exclusions, credits, or rebates to apply to both the state and local sales tax bases (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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