---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provides relative to the sales and use tax exemption for the sale of certain prescription drugs. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provides relative to the sales and use tax exemption for the sale of certain prescription drugs. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 243"
citation: "Louisiana SB 243 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Reese"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-23"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b249549d-a543-4fd9-9ef9-0ae12e765364"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248942"
source_hash: "8f62d279134bb82fee284eae4d5b532d5e28f31668f5dcb05ecc19a8cbbcea8d"
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 243 (2025) — TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provides relative to the sales and use tax exemption for the sale of certain prescription drugs. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB243 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407830)
2. **SB243 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425537)
3. **SB243 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411674)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1218, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410915)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1250, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411099)
6. **SB243 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421503)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#843) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#200) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Reese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** Effective date 6/11/2025.
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 339. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-09** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-08** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2025.
- **2025-05-29** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-05-27** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-05-08** Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-05-06** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** 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/b249549d-a543-4fd9-9ef9-0ae12e765364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).