---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/TAXATION: Provides for changes to the School Readiness Tax Credit. (1/1/26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/TAXATION: Provides for changes to the School Readiness Tax Credit. (1/1/26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Louisiana SB 233 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-04-15"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d32c0a46-b23e-4122-82a7-39ae3b6c32e0"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248825"
source_hash: "d573aa900f9a55193005e3e59f5aabfc440e64bc4f94f5bd5571bf1d9a7cc95e"
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 233 (2025) — TAX/TAXATION: Provides for changes to the School Readiness Tax Credit. (1/1/26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB233 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405620)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3190, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424167)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #3683, Emerson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418988)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3691, Carver, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419028)
5. **SB233 Act 454** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426062)
6. **SB233 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408997)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #951, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408861)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #955, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408876)
9. **SB233 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425152)

## Votes

- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1254) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#965) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#782) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#153) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT (#906) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Edmonds — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Annie Spell — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date 1/1/2026.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 454. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-12** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/13/2025. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-06-12** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/13/2025. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-12** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-12** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/12/2025.
- **2025-06-11** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2025-06-11** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2025-06-11** House conferees appointed: Carver, Emerson, and Carlson.
- **2025-06-11** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2025-06-11** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2025-06-10** Senate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Foil, and Luneau.
- **2025-06-10** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-10** Called from the Calendar.
- **2025-06-09** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2025-06-03** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-03** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2025.
- **2025-05-28** Notice given.
- **2025-05-28** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2025.
- **2025-05-21** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-05-06** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2025-04-29** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2025-04-28** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** 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/d32c0a46-b23e-4122-82a7-39ae3b6c32e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).