---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECTION: Authorizes Caddo Parish Fire District No. 3 to levy and collect a sales and use tax (EN +$623,000 LF RV See Note)"
description: "FIRE PROTECTION: Authorizes Caddo Parish Fire District No. 3 to levy and collect a sales and use tax (EN +$623,000 LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Louisiana HB 179 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Morris"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8db2794-cb13-44b9-8ced-34872bed834a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235882"
source_hash: "dafcd6baee911e0cb001ae18a76f05c85619beb6d91599405b8e1090ba2c2168"
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 179 (2019) — FIRE PROTECTION: Authorizes Caddo Parish Fire District No. 3 to levy and collect a sales and use tax (EN +$623,000 LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB179 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118667)
2. **HB179 Act 149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143682)
3. **HB179 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127589)
4. **HB179 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142124)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#868) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#170) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Morris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** Effective date: 06/06/2019.
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 149. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-28** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-21** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-07** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-06** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/19.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably (13-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8db2794-cb13-44b9-8ced-34872bed834a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).