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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TAX/AD VALOREM: Constitutional amendment to authorize the local governing authority of each parish to provide a limited ad valorem tax exemption for qualified first responders. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)"
+description: "TAX/AD VALOREM: Constitutional amendment to authorize the local governing authority of each parish to provide a limited ad valorem tax exemption for qualified first responders. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 127"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 127 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Royce Duplessis"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-30"
+last_action: "2023-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5088e807-9a05-44b8-b266-7514aa7f0296"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244380"
+source_hash: "7cff961d28cb51564fcf0a1cb39e17ff47d68cf8360ac37035f053516ae70adb"
+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 SB 127 (2023) — TAX/AD VALOREM: Constitutional amendment to authorize the local governing authority of each parish to provide a limited ad valorem tax exemption for qualified first responders. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB127 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1308841)
+2. **House Committee Amendment, #3333, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324845)
+3. **House Floor Amendment, #3928, Willard, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328770)
+4. **House Floor Amendment, #4114, Fontenot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330133)
+5. **SB127 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332145)
+6. **SB127 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318788)
+7. **SB127 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319906)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1279, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318548)
+9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1294, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318755)
+10. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1320, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318951)
+11. **SB127 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331015)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#998) — **98–1** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#231) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR (#900) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Royce Duplessis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-09** Effective date: See Act.
+- **2023-06-09** Becomes Act No. 179 `became-law`
+- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
+- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2023-06-07** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
+- **2023-06-06** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 1 nays.
+- **2023-06-05** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
+- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2023-06-05** Called from the calendar.
+- **2023-06-05** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
+- **2023-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
+- **2023-06-02** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2023-05-31** Reported without amendments (9-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2023-05-24** Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
+- **2023-05-23** Reported with amendments (12-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2023-05-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2023-05-04** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2023-05-03** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5088e807-9a05-44b8-b266-7514aa7f0296`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+