---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/SALES: Extends the sunset of the Louisiana Tax Free Shopping Program. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/SALES: Extends the sunset of the Louisiana Tax Free Shopping Program. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "Louisiana SB 118 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jimmy Harris"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea0fa909-31ea-4d72-a9ec-b0f1d7e9b85a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244346"
source_hash: "4ddaac8db428f85d3d2dd956cfc2285af1a8a9dbef8bdc617f5c9404490a4e3d"
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 118 (2023) — TAX/SALES: Extends the sunset of the Louisiana Tax Free Shopping Program. (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. **SB118 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1308643)
2. **SB118 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332351)
3. **SB118 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312201)
4. **SB118 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330093)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#970) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#70) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jimmy Harris — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Effective date 6/12/2023.
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 255. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-06** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
- **2023-06-01** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-30** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-04-24** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** 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/ea0fa909-31ea-4d72-a9ec-b0f1d7e9b85a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).