TAX/INCOME TAX: Reduces the tax rates for purposes of calculating individual income tax liability and calculating the tax liability of estates and trusts and eliminates and modifies certain income tax deductions (EN -$600,000 GF RV See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 30, 2021
Signed Jun 16, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2021 · House May 19, 2021
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Jun 2, 2021
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Amendments
3
Jun 16, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 395.
lower
Jun 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
Jun 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays.
upper
Jun 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
Jun 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 4. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
Jun 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received.
lower
Jun 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Cortez, Allain, and Luneau.
upper
Jun 3, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Jun 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 1, 2021
Committee
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 24, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
upper
May 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 21, 2021
Introduced
Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (14-0).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Mar 30, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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