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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Establishes a sales tax holiday to provide relief for recovery as a result of Hurricane Laura and the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN -$4,500,000 GF RV See Note)"
+description: "TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Establishes a sales tax holiday to provide relief for recovery as a result of Hurricane Laura and the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN -$4,500,000 GF RV See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2020s2"
+identifier: "HB 26"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 26 (2020s2)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clay Schexnayder"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-09-28"
+last_action: "2020-10-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64e01311-6807-4ac2-a455-935ccc2aa5e6"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239452"
+source_hash: "9ddc84fda31e75e5e9ed1ae6284ac47034cb6a3c6cebb51b4f0d7b1ebf0889a4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana HB 26 (2020s2) — TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Establishes a sales tax holiday to provide relief for recovery as a result of Hurricane Laura and the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN -$4,500,000 GF RV See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB26 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189151)
+2. **HB26 Act 16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194932)
+3. **HB26 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190861)
+4. **HB26 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191195)
+5. **House Committee Amendment, #252, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190450)
+6. **House Committee Amendment, #311, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190759)
+7. **House Floor Amendment, #353, Schexnayder, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191135)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #552, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192443)
+9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #581, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192578)
+10. **HB26 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193625)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#38) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#192) — **86–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#136) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clay Schexnayder — primary (person)
+- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
+- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
+- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
+- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
+- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
+- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
+- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
+- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
+- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
+- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
+- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-28** Effective date: 10/28/2020.
+- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 16. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-10-21** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2020-10-21** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2020-10-20** Read by title, roll called, yeas 86, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
+- **2020-10-20** Rules suspended.
+- **2020-10-20** Received from the Senate with amendments.
+- **2020-10-19** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2020-10-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2020-10-14** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2020-10-07** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2020-10-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/06/20.
+- **2020-10-05** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2020-10-05** Rules suspended.
+- **2020-10-05** Reported with amendments (11-0).
+- **2020-09-28** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64e01311-6807-4ac2-a455-935ccc2aa5e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+