TAX/SALES & USE: Provides with respect to state and local sales and use taxes and exemptions to those taxes (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB 578 is a technical correction bill that changes the wording "Educational Programs" to "Education Programs" in a tax-related provision. It does not alter tax rates, exemptions, or policy; it only corrects a reference in existing law. The bill directly affects administrative language within tax code but has no impact on taxpayers or revenue. This is a minor procedural amendment, not a substantive policy change.
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 4, 2025
Signed Jun 20, 2025
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Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3047, Foil, Adopted
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MODERATE
This bill enacts new state laws and modifies existing tax statutes to create a Local Revenue Fund for parishes, establish a specific sales tax baseline for a medical district, and update definitions for digital products and cost pricing. The changes expand the scope of tax exemptions to include digital products and certain healthcare facilities while clarifying how sales tax applies to remote sellers without a physical presence in Louisiana.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of sales and use tax exemptions to include digital products, certain healthcare facilities, and specific nonprofit organizations, while also creating a new mechanism for parishes to receive state funds to offset inventory tax losses.
FISCAL
Created a new Local Revenue Fund to deposit tax revenues and provide financial relief to parishes that grant inventory exemptions to businesses.
ELIGIBILITY
Established a fixed initial sales tax baseline rate of $1,272,394 for a specific medical and bioscience district.
Added new exemptions for qualifying radiation therapy centers, certain motor vehicle transactions, and specific sickle cell disease organizations.
DEFINITION
Updated the definition of 'Cost price' to include digital products and clarified that labor costs are excluded if billed separately.
SCOPE
Expanded tax exemptions to cover digital products and services sold by remote sellers who do not have a physical presence in Louisiana.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 9, 2025 · House May 7, 2025
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 9, 2025
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
46
Key actions
15
Committee
16
Jun 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
Jun 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 32 yeas and 3 nays.
upper
Jun 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 85, nays 11. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Conference Committee membership changed: Mizell vice Talbot.
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Foil, Talbot, and Pressly.
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 12. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (21-0).
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Committee
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (12-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
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