---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX CREDITS: Establishes the Louisiana Youth Jobs Tax Credit Program and tax credits for the employment of eligible apprentices (EN -$1,200,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX CREDITS: Establishes the Louisiana Youth Jobs Tax Credit Program and tax credits for the employment of eligible apprentices (EN -$1,200,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 680"
citation: "Louisiana HB 680 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Hughes"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-21"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c64ebe7d-fb91-4e87-bd3f-c2a7e06b4020"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240804"
source_hash: "3a9f3d2e883d5e21680bde569f3df23056f3d7d4beaaf5130afa91fd9af7f55e"
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 680 (2021) — TAX CREDITS: Establishes the Louisiana Youth Jobs Tax Credit Program and tax credits for the employment of eligible apprentices (EN -$1,200,000 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB680 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216019)
2. **HB680 Act 454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236016)
3. **HB680 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223226)
4. **HB680 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227723)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3102, Hughes, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225574)
6. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1984, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223871)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3138, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230702)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3139, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230705)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3576, Bouie, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232672)
10. **HB680 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234161)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#910) — **8–0** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1208) — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#909) — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#665) — **76–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Hughes — primary (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Carter Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-23** Effective date: 06/23/2021.
- **2021-06-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 454. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 4, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-09** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2021.
- **2021-06-08** Notice given.
- **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. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-02** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-24** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/24/2021.
- **2021-05-20** Notice given.
- **2021-05-18** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2021.
- **2021-05-12** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably (11-0).
- **2021-04-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c64ebe7d-fb91-4e87-bd3f-c2a7e06b4020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).