House Committee on Ways and Means
March 30, 2026
9:00 a.m.
Room 6
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INSTRUMENTS TO BE HEARD
HB214
CHANCE HENRY
TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION
- (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes a property tax exemption for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB217
CHANCE HENRY
TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION
- Authorizes an optional property tax exemption for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB253
MCCORMICK
TAX/INCOME TAX
- Repeals the state tax levied on the net income of individuals and estates and trusts (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB411
WYBLE
TAX/INCOME TAX
- Reduces the rate of the state tax levied on the net income of individuals over a ten-year period (OR -$40,100,000 GF RV See Note)
HB440
NEWELL
TAX EXEMPTIONS/HOMESTEAD
- (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes a parish governing authority to increase the amount of the homestead exemption (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
HB514
FARNUM
TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION
- (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes an additional ad valorem tax exemption for certain property owners aged sixty-five and older (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB515
MARCELLE
PROPERTY/IMMOVABLE
- Authorizes a political subdivision to sell certain adjudicated property directly to a buyer (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB543
NEWELL
TAX EXEMPTIONS/HOMESTEAD
- Provides relative to the homestead exemption (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
HB614
JACKSON
TAX/TAX REBATES
- Authorizes a rebate of state sales taxes paid by businesses on lodging and meals for persons performing disaster or emergency-related work (OR +$95,463 SG EX See Note)
HB620
CARLSON
TAX/SALES & USE
- (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes the legislature to provide by law for the collection of all sales and use taxes imposed by any taxing authority in the state (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)
HB658
CARLSON
TAX/SALES & USE
- Provides for centralized collection of local sales and use taxes by the Dept. of Revenue (OR +$10,674,073 SG EX See Note)
HB812
BRASS
ASSESSORS
- Authorizes limited increases in annual compensation for assessors in each parish (EG +$847,031 LF EX See Note)
HB898
MCMAKIN
TAX/INCOME TAX
- Provides for a reduction in the rate of the state tax levied on individuals under certain circumstances (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
HB961
FARNUM
TAX/AD VALOREM TAX
- Extends eligibility to certain trusts for an ad valorem tax exemption for a property owner who is at least sixty-five years of age or older (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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