---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION: Adds structures located in opportunity zones to the property eligible to participate in the Restoration Tax Abatement program (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION: Adds structures located in opportunity zones to the property eligible to participate in the Restoration Tax Abatement program (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 585"
citation: "Louisiana HB 585 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jimmy Harris"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-15"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b0eddcc-6c7f-428e-a069-5ab5b6a54214"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236568"
source_hash: "6881a0fd86452de422bf9dbb1d7fab9e32c5b07775e2446630d1d1016c0d5ac0"
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 585 (2019) — TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION: Adds structures located in opportunity zones to the property eligible to participate in the Restoration Tax Abatement program (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB585 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124252)
2. **HB585 Act 251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144117)
3. **HB585 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131568)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1188, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125110)
5. **HB585 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139797)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#515) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#596) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jimmy Harris — primary (person)
- J.P. Morrell — cosponsor (person)
- Walt Leger, III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 251. `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 34 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.
- **2019-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. 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 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2019-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-20** Notice given.
- **2019-05-20** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/19.
- **2019-05-07** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-06** Reported with amendments (16-0).
- **2019-04-16** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b0eddcc-6c7f-428e-a069-5ab5b6a54214`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).