Agenda - Ways and Means

House Committee on Ways and Means
May 19, 2025 9:30 a.m. Room 6
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INSTRUMENTS TO BE HEARD
	HB184	CHARLES OWEN	TAX/INCOME-INDIV/EXEMPT - Authorizes an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts a taxpayer receives through hardship distributions from retirement accounts (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
	HB186	DEWITT	TAX CREDITS - Authorizes a tax credit for certain employers of La. National Guard members and military reservists (EG -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)
	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)
	HB552	SCHAMERHORN	TAX/EXCISE - Levies a tax on the operation of carbon capture and storage pipelines (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
	HB672	JORDAN	BONDS - Authorizes the issuance of catastrophe bonds for the Catastrophe Reinsurance Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
	SB52	MCMATH	TAX EXEMPTIONS - Provide an individual income tax exemption for grants from the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program. (gov sig) (EG -$828,000 GF RV See Note)
	SB65	FOIL	TAX/TAXATION - Provides for the treatment of certain pass through entities under the inventory tax credit. (gov sig) (RE INCREASE SD RV See Note)
	SB72	REESE	BONDS - Provides relative to the issuance of bonds for financing certain capital improvement projects within the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. (2/3-CA7s6(A))(7/1/25) (RE SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
	SB82	REESE	TAX/AD VALOREM - Provides with respect to ad valorem taxes on shares of bank stock. (1/1/26) (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note)
	SB118	FOIL	TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL - Excludes certain amounts deposited into ABLE accounts for qualified expenses of persons with disabilities from state income tax. (8/1/25) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
	SB232	BASS	TAX/TAXATION - Provides relative to the motion picture production tax credit. (7/1/25) (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
	SB233	EDMONDS	TAX/TAXATION - Provides for changes to the School Readiness Tax Credit. (1/1/26) (EG DECREASE GF RV See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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