---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Provides relative to Class C retail permits"
description: "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Provides relative to Class C retail permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 296"
citation: "Louisiana HB 296 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry Selders"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-30"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ecf9f58-1a17-48b7-aff0-79bfa9fe1d34"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240173"
source_hash: "590a2fe2ab03f98a4631569841ab845c2a6de83c987ca7c6fda7e1954fe10617"
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 296 (2021) — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Provides relative to Class C retail permits

## Version chain

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

1. **HB296 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1208972)
2. **HB296 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235551)
3. **HB296 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219018)
4. **HB296 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224301)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2610, Selders, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222889)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2993, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229970)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3030, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230311)
8. **HB296 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233598)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1146) — **84–14** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#426) — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#879) — **33–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Larry Selders — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-15** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 314. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 84, nays 14, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-08** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-01** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-17** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-12** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 81, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2021.
- **2021-05-10** Notice given.
- **2021-05-10** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/10/2021.
- **2021-05-03** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably (10-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-03-30** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ecf9f58-1a17-48b7-aff0-79bfa9fe1d34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).