---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/TAXATION: Extends the sunset date for Ports of Louisiana tax credits. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/TAXATION: Extends the sunset date for Ports of Louisiana tax credits. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Louisiana SB 45 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jimmy Harris"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-15"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34765b35-f32c-4040-bc8d-452df912da96"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239932"
source_hash: "be6a4584a601559fbe1c8dab1feba1bb9b87a1c60717e928b1ee9172e84bb7a7"
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 45 (2021) — TAX/TAXATION: Extends the sunset date for Ports of Louisiana tax credits. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB45 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1204144)
2. **SB45 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232764)
3. **SB45 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219864)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1423, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219604)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1462, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219798)
6. **SB45 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229666)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#269) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#781) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jimmy Harris — primary (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** Effective date 6/4/2021.
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 81. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-01** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2021-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2021.
- **2021-05-19** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-06** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-05** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-03** 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`
- **2021-03-15** 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/34765b35-f32c-4040-bc8d-452df912da96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).