---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Adds physician assistants to persons eligible for reduction to their individual income tax. (8/1/19) (EN -$77,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Adds physician assistants to persons eligible for reduction to their individual income tax. (8/1/19) (EN -$77,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Louisiana SB 59 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Long"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/badcccd1-152a-4b2c-a379-729830ac96fa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235908"
source_hash: "2ba2653ee4c8ec746e136912d33d73495d004ba9bb33dad7b5d5376fe895fee8"
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 59 (2019) — TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Adds physician assistants to persons eligible for reduction to their individual income tax. (8/1/19) (EN -$77,000 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB59 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118849)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #3470, Anders, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139639)
3. **SB59 Act 338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144298)
4. **SB59 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124562)
5. **SB59 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125572)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #593, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124232)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #624, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124648)
8. **SB59 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140578)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#658) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#76) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#707) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald Long — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 338. `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.
- **2019-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, 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.
- **2019-04-23** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-04-17** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **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`
- **2019-03-26** 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/badcccd1-152a-4b2c-a379-729830ac96fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).