---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX CREDITS: Authorizes an additional base investment tax credit for resident copyrighted sound recordings (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX CREDITS: Authorizes an additional base investment tax credit for resident copyrighted sound recordings (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Louisiana HB 331 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Leger, III"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fce4d12-6f2d-4fef-b62a-b9d0c3adab5c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236109"
source_hash: "3677e1d9f6b7cf21bce9ac36a298c54685593f612a12b368ab4d9022e01e306e"
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 331 (2019) — TAX CREDITS: Authorizes an additional base investment tax credit for resident copyrighted sound recordings (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB331 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120647)
2. **HB331 Act 363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144514)
3. **HB331 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126615)
4. **HB331 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128625)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1318, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126077)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1390, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126414)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1744, Leger, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128413)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2133, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135493)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2990, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140110)
10. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3108, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140588)
11. **HB331 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143580)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#76) — **79–17** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#891) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1050) — **78–11** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#846) — **36–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walt Leger, III — primary (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- J.P. Morrell — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Carter Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-19** Effective date: 06/18/2019.
- **2019-06-18** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 363. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 78, nays 11, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-06** Notice the Senate discharged the Conference Committee.
- **2019-06-06** Senate Conference Committee members discharged.
- **2019-06-06** Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
- **2019-06-06** Discharged from Conference Committee.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-05** House conferees appointed: Leger, Abramson, and Jimmy Harris.
- **2019-06-04** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-04** Senate conference committee members appointed: Morrell, Donahue, and Peacock.
- **2019-06-03** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-01** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-31** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-21** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2019-05-21** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2019-05-20** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/19.
- **2019-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-23** Reported with amendments (15-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fce4d12-6f2d-4fef-b62a-b9d0c3adab5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).