--- type: "Bill" title: "TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Defines a commercial farmer for purposes of certain sales and use tax exemptions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)" description: "TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Defines a commercial farmer for purposes of certain sales and use tax exemptions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2019" identifier: "HB 596" citation: "Louisiana HB 596 (2019)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["John Stefanski"] version_count: 8 action_count: 32 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2019-04-17" last_action: "2019-06-19" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9687ddf6-b8d2-4603-98b5-d8e0ea062add" source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236641" source_hash: "aeb570e502ae65857259833c1d8729ae6483d55536fdb3e691654144eadfc1bd" 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 596 (2019) — TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Defines a commercial farmer for purposes of certain sales and use tax exemptions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB596 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125410) 2. **Conference Committee Report, #3774, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143337) 3. **HB596 Act 366** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144517) 4. **HB596 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131349) 5. **HB596 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135831) 6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3134, Fannin, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140677) 7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3167, Riser, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140829) 8. **HB596 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143504) ## Votes - REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#965) — **98–0** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#407) — **98–0** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#881) — **37–0** (pass) · upper - ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1035) — **84–0** (pass) · lower - ADOPT (#1022) — **24–7** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - John Stefanski — primary (person) - Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person) - Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person) - Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person) - Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person) - Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person) - Jim Morris — cosponsor (person) - John Bagneris — cosponsor (person) - John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person) - Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person) - Lance Harris — cosponsor (person) - Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person) - Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Paula Davis — cosponsor (person) - Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person) - Robert Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person) - Stephen Dwight — cosponsor (person) - Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person) - Terry Brown — cosponsor (person) - Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-06-19** Effective date: 07/01/2019. - **2019-06-18** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 366. `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** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. - **2019-06-06** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report. - **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 84, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. - **2019-06-06** Rules suspended. - **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 24 yeas and 7 nays. - **2019-06-06** Conference Committee report received. - **2019-06-05** Notice of Senate conferees appointed. - **2019-06-05** Senate conference committee members appointed: Morrell, Allain, and Carter. - **2019-06-05** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed. - **2019-06-05** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments. - **2019-06-05** House conferees appointed: Stefanski, Abramson, and DeVillier. - **2019-06-04** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending. - **2019-06-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/19. - **2019-06-03** Received from the Senate with amendments. - **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2019-06-02** Senate floor amendments read and adopted; read by title and returned to its regular order on third reading and final passage. - **2019-06-02** Rules suspended. - **2019-05-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. - **2019-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. - **2019-05-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee` - **2019-05-21** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. - **2019-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2019-05-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/19. - **2019-05-07** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. - **2019-05-06** Reported favorably (13-0). - **2019-04-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee` - **2019-04-17** Read by title. Lies over under the rules. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9687ddf6-b8d2-4603-98b5-d8e0ea062add`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).