---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX: Levies a 7% tax on the gross sales of therapeutic marijuana and dedicates the avails into the Community and Family Support System Fund (RE1 INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "TAX: Levies a 7% tax on the gross sales of therapeutic marijuana and dedicates the avails into the Community and Family Support System Fund (RE1 INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 507"
citation: "Louisiana HB 507 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Abramson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c61910ec-394e-494f-a48c-56ca77b8ba0e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236353"
source_hash: "1d3f6d6f0325c3c1efcf4d2a54ba638b382a051b21738457381efd628065b354"
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 507 (2019) — TAX: Levies a 7% tax on the gross sales of therapeutic marijuana and dedicates the avails into the Community and Family Support System Fund (RE1 INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB507 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122091)
2. **HB507 Act 331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144260)
3. **HB507 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125062)
4. **HB507 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130143)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1081, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124327)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1173, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124846)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1957, Abramson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129803)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1837, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133349)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2153, Luneau, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135680)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2285, Mills, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136675)
11. **HB507 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143424)

## Votes

- SUSPEND THE RULES (#981) — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1022) — **81–10** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#129) — **83–8** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#905) — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH DAY (#950) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#963) — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 vote (#938) — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- HB 507 BY ABRAMSON (#990) — **32–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neil Abramson — primary (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Norton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 07/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 331. `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.
- **2019-06-05** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 81, nays 10. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2019-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/19.
- **2019-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-05** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 5 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2019-06-05** Called from the Table.
- **2019-06-05** By a vote of 26 yeas and 3 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Reconsidered.
- **2019-06-05** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-04** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title. By a vote of 23 yeas and 12 nays, the bill failed to receive the required two-thirds vote. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- **2019-06-04** Reconsidered.
- **2019-06-04** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-04** By a vote of 94 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-04** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th legislative day.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 32 yeas and 5 nays.
- **2019-06-03** Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
- **2019-06-03** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title. By a vote of 22 yeas and 15 nays, the bill failed to receive the required two-thirds vote.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2019-05-21** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-14** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-13** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-06** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-01** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 8. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/01/19.
- **2019-04-24** Notice given.
- **2019-04-24** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/19.
- **2019-04-17** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-16** Reported with amendments (18-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `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/c61910ec-394e-494f-a48c-56ca77b8ba0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).