---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX CREDITS: Modifies the definition of \"eligible transaction\" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX CREDITS: Modifies the definition of \"eligible transaction\" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "Louisiana HB 211 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mandie Landry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c35c3aad-31d5-45cf-94da-3f96c20841aa"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248138"
source_hash: "65a312cb8a3f471e98ed38516c4e772e130adad01530308cee4de757c22145ce"
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 211 (2025) — TAX CREDITS: Modifies the definition of "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device purchase tax credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB211 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1400856)
2. **HB211 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425079)
3. **HB211 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411018)
4. **HB211 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421601)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#663) — **6–0** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#301) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#662) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mandie Landry — primary (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-08** Effective date: 06/08/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 160. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-04** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-03** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2025-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **2025-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-08** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2025.
- **2025-05-06** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** Reported favorably (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c35c3aad-31d5-45cf-94da-3f96c20841aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).