---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX EXEMPTIONS/HOMESTEAD: Authorizes the city of New Orleans to establish a homestead exemption audit program in Orleans Parish"
description: "TAX EXEMPTIONS/HOMESTEAD: Authorizes the city of New Orleans to establish a homestead exemption audit program in Orleans Parish"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 493"
citation: "Louisiana HB 493 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Abramson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b2754b0-a9cb-456d-922f-5111252595d0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236339"
source_hash: "b6e23f5873048d8cbdc934b47fa1474a4430215cf59adbae214955e75b53d765"
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 493 (2019) — TAX EXEMPTIONS/HOMESTEAD: Authorizes the city of New Orleans to establish a homestead exemption audit program in Orleans Parish

## Version chain

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

1. **HB493 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122085)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3657, House Proposed, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142321)
3. **HB493 Act 385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144620)
4. **HB493 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130397)
5. **HB493 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134805)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2125, Abramson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130873)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3186, Appel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140887)
8. **HB493 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143438)

## Votes

- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1033) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#905) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#762) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1014) — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#360) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neil Abramson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 385. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-06** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 94, nays 1. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee report received.
- **2019-06-06** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 23 yeas and 13 nays.
- **2019-06-04** Senate conference committee members appointed: Morrell, Colomb, and Appel.
- **2019-06-04** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-04** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-04** House conferees appointed: Abramson, Berthelot, and Jimmy Harris.
- **2019-06-03** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-01** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-27** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-15** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/19.
- **2019-05-06** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-02** 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`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b2754b0-a9cb-456d-922f-5111252595d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).