---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM: Adds drugs prescribed for certain ocular conditions to the listing of prescription drugs exempt from local sales and use taxes (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM: Adds drugs prescribed for certain ocular conditions to the listing of prescription drugs exempt from local sales and use taxes (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 403"
citation: "Louisiana HB 403 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Echols"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f4c9456-5cd6-4476-965b-6c6fb272418d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246093"
source_hash: "a75aa96756c7ffe9d8613c9c0a695479d7d3356f75a565e485a553dc520d7876"
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 403 (2024) — TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM: Adds drugs prescribed for certain ocular conditions to the listing of prescription drugs exempt from local sales and use taxes (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB403 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350663)
2. **HB403 Act 76** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375969)
3. **HB403 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355091)
4. **HB403 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372571)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#52) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#553) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Echols — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15** Effective date: 07/01/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 76. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-07** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-22** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-20** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 104, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/20/2024.
- **2024-03-19** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** Reported favorably (16-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f4c9456-5cd6-4476-965b-6c6fb272418d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).