---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Provides relative to the application of the timber severance tax (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Provides relative to the application of the timber severance tax (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Louisiana HB 331 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack McFarland"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b94d7186-c413-4fab-a1d8-1894fbf82474"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241957"
source_hash: "13af739f0ac0c91f0c3ae3c4275c82e69c4be0c8c12602e9652fd995e168fb9d"
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 331 (2022) — TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Provides relative to the application of the timber severance tax (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB331 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1253790)
2. **HB331 Act 165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286116)
3. **HB331 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261159)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2354, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1272445)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2383, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1272510)
6. **HB331 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1281337)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#456) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#86) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#990) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack McFarland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-26** Effective date: 05/26/2022.
- **2022-05-26** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 165. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-23** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-19** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2022-05-17** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/19/2022.
- **2022-05-03** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2022-05-03** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-04-26** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-25** Reported with amendments.
- **2022-03-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2022-03-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2022.
- **2022-03-23** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-03-22** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2022-03-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/4/2022.
- **2022-03-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b94d7186-c413-4fab-a1d8-1894fbf82474`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).