---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: Changes requirements for newspaper advertisement of a public notice for a hearing concerning an increase in a property tax without voter approval (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)"
description: "TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: Changes requirements for newspaper advertisement of a public notice for a hearing concerning an increase in a property tax without voter approval (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 250"
citation: "Louisiana HB 250 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart J. Bishop"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4b8a35b-b173-463c-a65f-0e13e9206a57"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233547"
source_hash: "32b48fe830c1361ec773c5f0b4f1dc1119ea9bd30508ddca6ec2143cb6553432"
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 250 (2018) — TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: Changes requirements for newspaper advertisement of a public notice for a hearing concerning an increase in a property tax without voter approval (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB250 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1069640)
2. **HB250 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1096956)
3. **HB250 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074518)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1141, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074417)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1160, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074501)
6. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2821, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1087783)
7. **HB250 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093059)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#715) — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#37) — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#519) — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stuart J. Bishop — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-10** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 75. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/03/18.
- **2018-04-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2018-04-25** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-17** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-16** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-03-19** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/19/18.
- **2018-03-14** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-13** Reported with amendments (11-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4b8a35b-b173-463c-a65f-0e13e9206a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).