TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL: Authorizes the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish to distribute sales and use tax revenue collected on the sale of admission tickets to and concessions and parking at certain events (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
HB 296 would allow East Baton Rouge Parish to rebate sales and use tax revenue collected on event admissions, concessions, and parking to event promoters under specific conditions. It applies to events held in publicly owned facilities with 7,500+ seating capacity or multi-day events with 7,500+ average daily attendance. The bill requires Visit Baton Rouge to recommend rebates and the parish governing authority to approve them before ticket sales begin, with rebates issued within 90 days of proof. This bill is currently pending in the Louisiana legislature and has not been enacted.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 2, 2025
Signed Jun 8, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill was enrolled and finalized as Act No. 177, expanding the authority to distribute sales tax revenue from events in East Baton Rouge Parish. The primary change redefines 'rebate' to allow payments directly to event promoters instead of taxpayers, and extends the program to include revenue from concessions and parking, not just admission tickets.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from covering only admission ticket sales to also include sales of concessions and parking at qualifying events.
DEFINITION
The definition of 'rebate' was changed from a payment to the taxpayer to a payment to the promoter of the event.
FISCAL
The authority to rebate revenue was expanded to include sales of concessions and parking, in addition to admission tickets.
REQUIREMENT
A new requirement was added stating that the parish governing authority must approve the rebate before ticket sales commence for the event.
TECHNICAL
The bill was updated from its original draft to its enrolled final version, including changes to the header, page count, and removal of the legislative digest.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · House May 21, 2025
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 2, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Steven Jackson
DDemocratic
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