---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR: Provides relative to the disposition of timber severance taxes (Item #34) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)"
description: "AGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR: Provides relative to the disposition of timber severance taxes (Item #34) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 75"
citation: "Louisiana HB 75 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack McFarland"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-02"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ac85dc0-c9f8-4721-827f-acc5218507b4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239580"
source_hash: "fac91891a19e1c2bf5858fcd7ac8230e1e8f22852ce0eba9d212082700f43adc"
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 75 (2020s2) — AGRICULTURE/FOREST COMR: Provides relative to the disposition of timber severance taxes (Item #34) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB75 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190388)
2. **HB75 Act 25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194941)
3. **HB75 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191167)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #305, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190730)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #344, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191119)
6. **HB75 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194278)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#206) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#90) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack McFarland — primary (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-28** Effective date: 10/28/2020.
- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 25. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-23** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-22** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-10-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-22** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2020-10-21** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2020-10-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-20** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-13** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-13** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-12** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/13/20.
- **2020-10-07** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-06** Reported with amendments (16-0).
- **2020-10-02** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ac85dc0-c9f8-4721-827f-acc5218507b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).