---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX APPEALS/BOARD: Requires the Board of Tax Appeals to refund certain filing fees and deposits paid relating to claims for the solar energy systems tax credit (EN -$42,900 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX APPEALS/BOARD: Requires the Board of Tax Appeals to refund certain filing fees and deposits paid relating to claims for the solar energy systems tax credit (EN -$42,900 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 374"
citation: "Louisiana HB 374 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Abramson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61ec2611-c462-401d-a43d-c5572049b449"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233799"
source_hash: "710ce89e9dbd57147fea76bb268bfd67eed7c65a8b477af844b2acb589ff8f5e"
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 374 (2018) — TAX APPEALS/BOARD: Requires the Board of Tax Appeals to refund certain filing fees and deposits paid relating to claims for the solar energy systems tax credit (EN -$42,900 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB374 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1071534)
2. **HB374 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1096981)
3. **HB374 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076910)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1434, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076664)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1471, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076789)
6. **HB374 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1090406)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#520) — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#263) — **94–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Neil Abramson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10** Effective date: 05/10/2018.
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 91. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-01** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-30** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-04-26** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-04-25** Rules suspended. 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 without Legislative Bureau amendments. 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.
- **2018-04-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-04** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Called from the calendar.
- **2018-03-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/18.
- **2018-03-27** Notice given.
- **2018-03-27** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2018-03-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/27/18.
- **2018-03-21** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-20** Reported with amendments (14-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61ec2611-c462-401d-a43d-c5572049b449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).