---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Exempts the lease, rental, or purchase of tangible personal property or services by the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) from local sales tax. (7/1/22) (EN -$200,000 LF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Exempts the lease, rental, or purchase of tangible personal property or services by the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) from local sales tax. (7/1/22) (EN -$200,000 LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "Louisiana SB 217 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa615c41-51cd-4be7-9a20-e6d682912adf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=242158"
source_hash: "01e928915779cccad093857f8409e1e19935333561a8925735210a502b2bdaf0"
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 217 (2022) — TAX EXEMPTIONS: Exempts the lease, rental, or purchase of tangible personal property or services by the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) from local sales tax. (7/1/22) (EN -$200,000 LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB217 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1255376)
2. **SB217 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1283703)
3. **SB217 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262944)
4. **SB217 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280315)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#917) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#137) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katrina Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-24** Effective date 7/1/2022.
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 85. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/20/2022. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-19** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-19** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-18** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-17** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Called from the calendar.
- **2022-05-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2022.
- **2022-05-16** Notice given.
- **2022-05-16** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2022-05-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/16/2022.
- **2022-05-04** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-05-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-05-02** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-05** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-04-04** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-03-28** Reported favorably.
- **2022-03-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** 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/aa615c41-51cd-4be7-9a20-e6d682912adf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).