---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/EXCISE: Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/EXCISE: Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 669"
citation: "Louisiana HB 669 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Riser"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-04-23"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3623ff2d-63db-4a62-a2e2-c9adad2a3077"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248950"
source_hash: "4a9ab613cc6a90411e5442f2d5d976bc93c2182ea9c820a1f04cc09ee540ae41"
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 669 (2025) — TAX/EXCISE: Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB669 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407912)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4342, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424700)
3. **HB669 Act 516** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1427712)
4. **HB669 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411908)
5. **HB669 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413912)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2166, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410945)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2308, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411825)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2547, Riser, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413099)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2934, Foil, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422019)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2936, Cathey, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422052)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2943, Cathey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422061)
12. **HB669 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425322)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#674) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1021) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 2936 BY CATHEY, HB 669 BY RISER (#673) — **13–22** (fail) · upper
- ADOPT (#973) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1225) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#349) — **87–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neil Riser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Effective date: 07/07/2025.
- **2025-07-01** Becomes Act No. 516 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2025-06-16** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-12** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-12** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-12** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-11** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2025-06-11** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-11** Conference committee report received.
- **2025-06-11** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2025-06-11** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2025-06-10** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2025-06-10** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cathey, Reese, and Wheat.
- **2025-06-10** House conferees appointed: Riser, Emerson, and Orgeron.
- **2025-06-09** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-06-02** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025.
- **2025-05-07** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Reported with amendments (8-3). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3623ff2d-63db-4a62-a2e2-c9adad2a3077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).