TAX CREDITS: Establishes the La. Rural Jobs Act Tax Credit Program and authorizes a tax credit for rural growth investments made by rural growth funds (RE1 -$56,000,000 GF RV See Note)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 29, 2019
Last action May 28, 2019
Floor votes · House May 13, 2019
How they voted
71–5
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 82
May 13, 2019
D
Democratic28
78% Yea
I
Independent2
100% Yea
R
Republican52
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Amendments
2
May 28, 2019
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
upper
May 27, 2019
Introduced
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
upper
May 15, 2019
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
upper
May 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 8. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 30, 2019
Introduced
Reported with amendments (17-0).
lower
Apr 8, 2019
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Mar 29, 2019
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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