---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Authorizes the city of Lake Charles to bond certain state sales taxes dedicated to the Lake Charles Civic Center Fund. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT SD RV See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Authorizes the city of Lake Charles to bond certain state sales taxes dedicated to the Lake Charles Civic Center Fund. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Louisiana SB 44 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronnie Johns"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-22"
last_action: "2019-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbaa1208-4cb2-4a11-8e31-d718031760cd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235799"
source_hash: "180de071a240fb3b62b68987d2b367fcdb76e8e19605ef75e6b8f90f13d270ca"
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 44 (2019) — FUNDS/FUNDING: Authorizes the city of Lake Charles to bond certain state sales taxes dedicated to the Lake Charles Civic Center Fund. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB44 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1117213)
2. **SB44 Act 27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140116)
3. **SB44 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124490)
4. **SB44 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137772)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#74) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#543) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ronnie Johns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30** Effective date 5/30/2019.
- **2019-05-30** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 27. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-27** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-04-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-04-17** Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably.
- **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`
- **2019-03-22** 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/bbaa1208-4cb2-4a11-8e31-d718031760cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).