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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TAX CREDITS: Modifies the definition of \"eligible transaction\" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
+description: "TAX CREDITS: Modifies the definition of \"eligible transaction\" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 211"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 211 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mandie Landry"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-04-01"
+last_action: "2025-06-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c35c3aad-31d5-45cf-94da-3f96c20841aa"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248138"
+source_hash: "65a312cb8a3f471e98ed38516c4e772e130adad01530308cee4de757c22145ce"
+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 211 (2025) — TAX CREDITS: Modifies the definition of "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB211 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1400856)
+2. **HB211 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425079)
+3. **HB211 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411018)
+4. **HB211 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421601)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CO-AUTHORS (#663) — **6–0** (fail) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#301) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#662) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mandie Landry — primary (person)
+- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
+- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
+- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-08** Effective date: 06/08/2025.
+- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 160. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2025-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
+- **2025-06-04** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
+- **2025-06-03** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
+- **2025-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
+- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended.
+- **2025-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-20** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-08** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-08** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2025-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2025.
+- **2025-05-06** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-05** Reported favorably (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-01** Prefiled. `filing`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c35c3aad-31d5-45cf-94da-3f96c20841aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+