House Committee on Ways and Means
April 22, 2025
10:00 a.m.
Room 6
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INSTRUMENTS TO BE HEARD
HB187
FONTENOT
TAX/EXCISE
- Increases the rate of excise tax on consumable hemp products (OR +$3,600,000 SD RV See Note)
HB235
ECHOLS
TAX/EXCISE
- Increases the excise tax levied on consumable hemp products and dedicates revenues collected from the tax (OR +$5,100,000 SD RV See Note)
HB294
BAGLEY
TAX/SEVERANCE TAX
- (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to severance tax revenues remitted to parishes in which the associated severance occurs (EG -$65,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB325
BRYANT
TAX/TOBACCO TAX
- Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (OR -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB374
MCFARLAND
TAX/SALES & USE
- Includes accommodations intermediaries within the definition of a marketplace facilitator for purposes of collection and remittance of sales and use taxes on remote sales (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB381
BRASS
CAPITAL OUTLAY
- Increases the population limitation of municipalities for purposes of eligibility for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for capital outlay projects (EG DECREASE LF EX See Note)
HB390
MANDIE LANDRY
TAX/TOBACCO TAX
- Levies an additional tax on cigarettes (OR +$50,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB398
BRASS
TAX/TOBACCO TAX
- Increases the tax levied on smokeless tobacco and dedicates a portion of avails of the tax into the Youth Cessation and Prevention Fund (OR +$8,900,000 GF RV See Note)
HB472
EMERSON
FUNDS/FUNDING
- (Constitutional Amendment) Revises Article VII of the Constitution of La. (OR -$139,000,000 GF RV See Note)
HB473
EMERSON
FUNDS/FUNDING
- (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to the application of state monies to the unfunded accrued liability of the Teachers' Retirement System of La. (OR DECREASE SD RV See Note)
HB517
BRASS
TAX/TOBACCO TAX
- Increases the excise tax levied on vapor products and electronic cigarettes and changes the basis of the tax to a percentage of the invoice price of these products (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
HB523
ROMERO
TAX/SALES & USE
- Provides for the payment of vendor's compensation for the timely collection and remittance of state and local sales taxes (OR DECREASE LF RV See Note)
HB567
BACALA
TAX/CORP INCOME
- Provides with respect to various credits, deductions, exclusions, and exemptions associated with corporate income tax (EG DECREASE SD EX See Note)
HB578
EMERSON
TAX/SALES & USE
- Provides with respect to state and local sales and use taxes and exemptions to those taxes (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
To Review and approve the third party convenience fee schedule for certain online
transactions pursuant to R.S. 49:316.1 for the Office of Motor Vehicles
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Any interested person or any committee member may file with the committee a prepared statement concerning a specific instrument or matter under consideration by the committee or concerning any matter within the committee's scope of authority, and the committee records shall reflect receipt of such statement and the date and time thereof.
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