---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provide an individual income tax exemption for grants from the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program. (gov sig) (EN -$828,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provide an individual income tax exemption for grants from the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program. (gov sig) (EN -$828,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "Louisiana SB 52 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5138b1a-cbb7-4311-b4e6-31e6a7d6dded"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248200"
source_hash: "aba72fe4467f0fc33b8d880cf2af1fd191136d77ffbeab123cd06e09a9997931"
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 52 (2025) — TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provide an individual income tax exemption for grants from the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program. (gov sig) (EN -$828,000 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB52 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1401536)
2. **SB52 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422214)
3. **SB52 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406981)
4. **SB52 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418839)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#677) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#127) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-04** Effective date 6/4/2025.
- **2025-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 32. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/30/2025. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-05-28** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **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 (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-04-30** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2025-04-23** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5138b1a-cbb7-4311-b4e6-31e6a7d6dded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).