---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/EXCISE: Authorizes the imposition of tax on industrial hemp-derived CBD products (EN +$610,000 GF EX See Note)"
description: "TAX/EXCISE: Authorizes the imposition of tax on industrial hemp-derived CBD products (EN +$610,000 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 560"
citation: "Louisiana HB 560 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Abramson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18612ce0-9d5f-4786-bfa2-b1ebf6cedf8e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236410"
source_hash: "00e239740e8d531e517f22373805985d02a6ce9872fcd54dc4760a5b13ba1be6"
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 560 (2019) — TAX/EXCISE: Authorizes the imposition of tax on industrial hemp-derived CBD products (EN +$610,000 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB560 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122287)
2. **HB560 Act 247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144112)
3. **HB560 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126670)
4. **HB560 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136857)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1373, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126335)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1389, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126409)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2553, Schexnayder, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133536)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2814, Schexnayder, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134979)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2823, Schexnayder, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135038)
10. **HB560 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139656)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#376) — **68–22** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#595) — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#492) — **75–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neil Abramson — primary (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Norton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Landry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: See Act.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 247. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 4 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.
- **2019-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-23** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 26. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-20** Notice given.
- **2019-05-20** Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
- **2019-05-16** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 22. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending.
- **2019-05-16** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-16** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-16** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-16** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/16/19.
- **2019-05-06** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-06** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2019-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2019-04-23** Reported with amendments (12-0).
- **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/18612ce0-9d5f-4786-bfa2-b1ebf6cedf8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).