House Committee on Ways and Means
May 6, 2025
9:00 a.m.
Room 6
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INSTRUMENTS TO BE HEARD
HB135
ECHOLS
TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT
- Provides relative to the sales and use tax exemption for certain institutions of higher education (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB149
BRYANT
TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT
- Provides relative to tax exemptions for charter boat fishing guides (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
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)
HB271
WILLARD
TAX EXEMPTIONS/HOMESTEAD
- (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes a parish governing authority to increase the amount of the homestead exemption (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB313
LYONS
TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT
- Exempts purchases made by child advocacy centers from state and local sales and use taxes (EN -$275,000 GF 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)
HB334
PHILLIP TARVER
TAX/SALES & USE
- Repeals one percent of the state sales and use tax levy (OR DECREASE GF 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 (EN NO IMPACT GF EX 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)
HB534
LACOMBE
TAX/SALES & USE
- Exempts sales of goods through coin-operated vending machines from sales and use tax (OR 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)
HB626
WRIGHT
TAX/SALES & USE
- Extends the state and local sales and use tax exemption for ships and ships' supplies to certain digital products (OR 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 (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
HB665
WILLARD
TAX CREDITS
- Provides relative to the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program (EN -$1,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB669
RISER
TAX/EXCISE
- Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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