TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Reduces the severance tax rate for oil over a certain period of time and specifies the severance tax rate for oil produced from certain wells (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2024
Last action Mar 26, 2024
Floor votes · House Mar 25, 2024
How they voted
85–12
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 102
Mar 25, 2024
D
Democratic32
50% Yea
R
Republican70
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 12. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Beau Beaullieu
RRepublican
Co
Jacob Landry
RRepublican
Co
Roger Wilder
RRepublican
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