---
type: "Bill"
title: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Authorizes expansion of scope of projects and extension of use of state sales tax for certain tax increment financing districts. (8/1/19) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Authorizes expansion of scope of projects and extension of use of state sales tax for certain tax increment financing districts. (8/1/19) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 33"
citation: "Louisiana SB 33 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Francis C. Thompson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-20"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb03c2c7-b5de-4645-bc07-e7cefe94dbdf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235743"
source_hash: "8cb038dcf50fcdfadeec26136da8ae65e89f6bad2cd1ac5cdf26eccb94bddd3d"
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 SB 33 (2019) — SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Authorizes expansion of scope of projects and extension of use of state sales tax for certain tax increment financing districts. (8/1/19) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB33 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1116521)
2. **SB33 Act 405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144789)
3. **SB33 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124552)
4. **SB33 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129209)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1230, FNCE, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128714)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #589, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124224)
7. **SB33 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139919)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#227) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#702) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Francis C. Thompson — primary (person)
- Mike Walsworth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 405. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/19.
- **2019-05-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-06** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-30** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-16** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2019-04-15** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb03c2c7-b5de-4645-bc07-e7cefe94dbdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).