---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/SALES: Creates a state sales tax rebate for the purchase of certain agricultural fencing materials by commercial farmers. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/SALES: Creates a state sales tax rebate for the purchase of certain agricultural fencing materials by commercial farmers. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Louisiana SB 293 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. L. Bret Allain, II"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6d7d581-8687-4268-a1bd-47b6158f6b9a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=242375"
source_hash: "723a652d6edd2edd809a4337baf6d0a9d9a683f387847b8ffd539f8d36fb671b"
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 293 (2022) — TAX/SALES: Creates a state sales tax rebate for the purchase of certain agricultural fencing materials by commercial farmers. (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. **SB293 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1256737)
2. **SB293 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1283709)
3. **SB293 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262955)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1035, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262584)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1036, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262585)
6. **SB293 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1279465)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#140) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#868) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. L. Bret Allain, II — primary (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-24** Effective date 5/24/2022.
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 88. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-19** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-18** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-17** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-16** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-16** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **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 (13-0). 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 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-03-28** Reported with amendments.
- **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/c6d7d581-8687-4268-a1bd-47b6158f6b9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).