---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Authorizes a sales and use tax exemption for new automobiles, aircraft, boats, vessels or other water craft used as demonstrators (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Authorizes a sales and use tax exemption for new automobiles, aircraft, boats, vessels or other water craft used as demonstrators (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 209"
citation: "Louisiana HB 209 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paula Davis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/749110f6-9348-4363-ab41-951c428d3bbc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235937"
source_hash: "4087d08fb0f87035a2c4f6d3cb7b3e7d2e2e3f308e9802f5fab32f2f49ca35d3"
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 209 (2019) — TAX EXEMPTIONS: Authorizes a sales and use tax exemption for new automobiles, aircraft, boats, vessels or other water craft used as demonstrators (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB209 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119198)
2. **HB209 Act 102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143281)
3. **HB209 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124976)
4. **HB209 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126756)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1376, Davis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126342)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1848, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133383)
7. **HB209 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139256)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#645) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#38) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#428) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paula Davis — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Dan W. Morrish — cosponsor (person)
- Danny Martiny — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Dwight — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** Effective date: 07/01/2019.
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 102. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/19.
- **2019-05-21** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-21** 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`
- **2019-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-14** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-13** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/19.
- **2019-04-17** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably (17-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/749110f6-9348-4363-ab41-951c428d3bbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).