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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 398: 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)

In committee 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 398 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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). Primary sponsor: Ken Brass (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 14, 2025): Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ken BrassPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse58
Mandie LandryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91

“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. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
  2. Prefiled.
  3. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Sources

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