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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 238: TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption and for donations to foster care organizations and provides relative to tax deductions for certain education-related expenses (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 238 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption and for donations to foster care organizations and provides relative to tax deductions for certain education-related expenses (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note). Primary sponsor: Jack McFarland (Republican). It lists 29 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 349.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11 · Republican 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jack McFarlandPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Roy AdamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse62
Beryl AmedéeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Tony BacalaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Beth BillingsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Wilford CarterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Tehmi ChassionCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Emily ChenevertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Jason DeWittCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Kathy EdmonstonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Peter EganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Adrian FisherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Brian GloriosoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Kyle GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse83
Dodie HortonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Jason HughesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Steven JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Alonzo KnoxCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Michael MelerineCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Candace NewellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Chuck OwenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Rodney SchamerhornCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Laurie SchlegelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Phil TarverCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Sylvia TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Francis ThompsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Joy WaltersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
John WybleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Rashid YoungCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Jerome ZeringueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 349.
  2. Effective date: 06/20/2025.
  3. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  5. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  6. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
  7. Rules suspended.
  8. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
  9. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
  10. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
  11. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
  12. Conference committee report received.

Showing 12 most recent of 33 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source