---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/LOCAL: Provides for the hotel occupancy tax levied by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/LOCAL: Provides for the hotel occupancy tax levied by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "Louisiana SB 398 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Samuel Jenkins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-25"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03a44a1a-4384-4093-abf4-4a781b2861bb"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246849"
source_hash: "2bbbef520415a415743f110658eec91dc37bf52b6108b996fc97aea71fa51e39"
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 398 (2024) — TAX/LOCAL: Provides for the hotel occupancy tax levied by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB398 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357462)
2. **SB398 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381961)
3. **SB398 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363459)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1688, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363028)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1690, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363029)
6. **SB398 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376609)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#288) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1149) — **89–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Samuel Jenkins — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Rashid Young — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date 6/3/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Becomes Act No. 483 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-05-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-21** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-20** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 9. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
- **2024-05-07** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-15** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 2 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03a44a1a-4384-4093-abf4-4a781b2861bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).