---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX CREDITS: Establishes a refundable individual income tax credit for certain adoptions (EN -$1,300,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX CREDITS: Establishes a refundable individual income tax credit for certain adoptions (EN -$1,300,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Louisiana HB 443 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3992fb16-f539-46bc-a4e0-08e8921e8650"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244399"
source_hash: "4ae0a5b60c43aa9ca1d80059df8e75861bba5f2986b2e60fcd8b20b80d4c420c"
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 443 (2023) — TAX CREDITS: Establishes a refundable individual income tax credit for certain adoptions (EN -$1,300,000 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB443 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309075)
2. **HB443 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1333450)
3. **HB443 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322258)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1285, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312548)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2861, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321802)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2916, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322244)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2383, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326732)
8. **HB443 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330909)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#867) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1084) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#561) — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rick Edmonds — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-29** Effective date: 06/29/2023.
- **2023-06-29** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 452. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-06-05** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2023-06-04** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended.
- **2023-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2023.
- **2023-05-16** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3992fb16-f539-46bc-a4e0-08e8921e8650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).