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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 517: TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Establishes the Youth Cessation and Prevention Fund and dedicates a portion of the avails of the tax levied on smokeless tobacco to the fund (RE -$6,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Passed one chamber 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 517 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Establishes the Youth Cessation and Prevention Fund and dedicates a portion of the avails of the tax levied on smokeless tobacco to the fund (RE -$6,000,000 GF RV See Note). Primary sponsor: Ken Brass (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 3, 2025): Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

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. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
  2. Reported favorably.
  3. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
  4. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  5. Called from the calendar.
  6. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 12. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  7. Called from the calendar.
  8. Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  9. Notice given.
  10. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.
  11. Called from the calendar.
  12. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

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