---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Modifies the federal income tax deduction for taxpayers impacted by 2020 hurricanes. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Modifies the federal income tax deduction for taxpayers impacted by 2020 hurricanes. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Louisiana SB 239 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronnie Johns"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-19"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a5e3d31-38c8-4a7e-a81d-0d2009c6c04e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240776"
source_hash: "0ae5f9c45543e17f696f0535246acf227477232309f8de614531193df98c5bb0"
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 239 (2021) — TAX/INCOME/PERSONAL: Modifies the federal income tax deduction for taxpayers impacted by 2020 hurricanes. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB239 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215119)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3337, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227071)
3. **SB239 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235560)
4. **SB239 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217276)
5. **SB239 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233286)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#979) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#988) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#173) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ronnie Johns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date 6/14/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 296. `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 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-06** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **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.
- **2021-05-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-28** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a5e3d31-38c8-4a7e-a81d-0d2009c6c04e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).