---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/TAXATION: Establishes a tax credit for certain maternal wellness centers. (8/1/23) (EN -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/TAXATION: Establishes a tax credit for certain maternal wellness centers. (8/1/23) (EN -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "Louisiana SB 41 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Mizell"]
version_count: 21
action_count: 41
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c27322f-0d2c-4f93-9d1a-2d41f3a93470"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244003"
source_hash: "c73b7835843580ce76fb1cf73bb20029d58ee6e08df6eb878064cbad7253ea56"
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 41 (2023) — TAX/TAXATION: Establishes a tax credit for certain maternal wellness centers. (8/1/23) (EN -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB41 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1304451)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3020, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331790)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3925, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328745)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3927, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328764)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3963, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329055)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #4132, Landry, Mandie, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330280)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #4135, Landry, Mandie, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330311)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #4169, Deshotel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330617)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #4171, Edmonston, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330610)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #4189, Landry, Mandie, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330992)
11. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2759, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329116)
12. **SB41 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1333282)
13. **SB41 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314973)
14. **SB41 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319796)
15. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1108, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317323)
16. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1126, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317353)
17. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1410, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319469)
18. **Senate Committee Amendment, #741, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314474)
19. **Senate Committee Amendment, #776, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314845)
20. **Senate Committee Amendment, #782, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314758)
21. **SB41 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332069)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1172) — **76–21** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#951) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- To consider after the 57th calendar day (#1134) — **86–8** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1041) — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 4189 BY LANDRY, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1169) — **33–55** (fail) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1232) — **70–27** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 4132 BY LANDRY, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1171) — **29–64** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#300) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 4135 BY LANDRY, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1170) — **29–60** (fail) · lower
- REJECT (#1014) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beth Mizell — primary (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-28** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 437. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 3 nays.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 70, nays 27. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2023-06-08** Rules suspended.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee report received.
- **2023-06-08** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2023-06-08** House conferees appointed: Edmonston, Bishop, and Hodges.
- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2023-06-08** Senate conference committee members appointed: Mizell, Boudreaux, and Allain.
- **2023-06-08** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-08** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 21. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-07** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-06-07** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2023-06-07** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 31 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2023-06-07** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2023-06-07** By a vote of 86 yeas, 8 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2023-06-05** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-06-05** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-06-05** Rules suspended.
- **2023-06-05** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-04** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-06-02** Reported with amendments (19-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2023-05-23** Reported favorably (12-3). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-15** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2023-04-24** Reported with amendments. `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`
- **2023-03-22** 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/5c27322f-0d2c-4f93-9d1a-2d41f3a93470`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).