Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 296: TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL: Authorizes the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish to distribute sales and use tax revenue collected on the sale of admission tickets to and concessions and parking at certain events (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

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 296 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL: Authorizes the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish to distribute sales and use tax revenue collected on the sale of admission tickets to and concessions and parking at certain events (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV). Primary sponsor: Barbara Freiberg (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 8, 2025): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 177.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Barbara FreibergPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Steven JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Denise MarcelleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61

“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. 177.
  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.
  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.
  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  8. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  9. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  10. Reported favorably.
  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

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