---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Provides for a sales and use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers (EN -$11,100,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Provides for a sales and use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers (EN -$11,100,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Louisiana HB 7 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aimee Adatto Freeman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 64
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8a171c8-ec7c-463a-b0a0-56d9c8b0a8d4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239769"
source_hash: "a5e46657970dfd990e02af3f1e64b577478b45df726176182b9fb0c40352bd81"
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 7 (2021) — TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Provides for a sales and use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers (EN -$11,100,000 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB7 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1199256)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4023, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233661)
3. **HB7 Act 449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236010)
4. **HB7 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219725)
5. **HB7 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228037)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2279, Freeman, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220883)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3089, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230592)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3162, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230765)
9. **HB7 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234653)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#883) — **10–0** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#882) — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1084) — **51–42** (fail) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1245) — **63–36** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#683) — **62–32** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1116) — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- TO CONSIDER (#1201) — **45–54** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aimee Adatto Freeman — primary (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Carter Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — 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)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — 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. 449. `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.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 63, nays 36. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-10** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-06-10** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-06-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/10/2021.
- **2021-06-09** By a vote of 45 yeas, 54 nays, the House refused to suspend the rules to consider the Conference Committee report.
- **2021-06-09** Conference Committee report received.
- **2021-06-09** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-09** Senate conference committee members appointed: Jackson, Reese, and Smith.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-08** House conferees appointed: Freeman, Bishop, and Magee.
- **2021-06-08** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-06-08** Conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 51, nays 42, the House refused to concur in the amendments proposed by the Senate.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 1 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.
- **2021-05-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-25** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 62, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/25/2021.
- **2021-05-24** Notice given.
- **2021-05-24** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-24** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/24/2021.
- **2021-05-20** Notice given.
- **2021-05-20** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-20** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2021.
- **2021-05-18** Notice given.
- **2021-05-18** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-18** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2021.
- **2021-05-17** Notice given.
- **2021-05-17** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-17** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2021.
- **2021-05-13** Notice given.
- **2021-05-13** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-13** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2021.
- **2021-05-12** Notice given.
- **2021-05-12** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **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.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/12/2021.
- **2021-02-09** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8a171c8-ec7c-463a-b0a0-56d9c8b0a8d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).