---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/AD VALOREM: Provides for the adjustments of ad valorem millages. (See Act)"
description: "TAX/AD VALOREM: Provides for the adjustments of ad valorem millages. (See Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Louisiana SB 165 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary L. Smith, Jr."]
version_count: 10
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16af837c-4b20-408b-8c81-986773b3e9d9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240355"
source_hash: "52ad4744bc5efb03d8a9b599e22e59fecff9e7e63bd065c1c8a1b52d49d47aa9"
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 165 (2021) — TAX/AD VALOREM: Provides for the adjustments of ad valorem millages. (See Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB165 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1210990)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3393, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227477)
3. **SB165 Act 390** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235880)
4. **SB165 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214387)
5. **SB165 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218116)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #584, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214208)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #586, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214215)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1002, Smith, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217000)
9. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #643, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214509)
10. **SB165 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233307)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#132) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1053) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#987) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Effective date: See Act.
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 390. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-07** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-06-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/07/2021.
- **2021-06-03** Notice given.
- **2021-06-03** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-06-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2021.
- **2021-05-26** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-24** Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-04-29** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-27** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-19** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** 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/16af837c-4b20-408b-8c81-986773b3e9d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).