---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Exempts certain purchases by student farmers from state sales and use tax. (8/1/19) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Exempts certain purchases by student farmers from state sales and use tax. (8/1/19) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Louisiana SB 225 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James R. Fannin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-10"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/597a6e17-2e3e-48df-89ca-185d0610f257"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236554"
source_hash: "6b2b684ec6fa8f0cd7ec8adf94469f94deb375f558349a0c18f642e66b659bdc"
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 SB 225 (2019) — TAX EXEMPTIONS: Exempts certain purchases by student farmers from state sales and use tax. (8/1/19) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB225 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1123638)
2. **SB225 Act 199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143906)
3. **SB225 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131278)
4. **SB225 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139905)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#726) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#300) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James R. Fannin — primary (person)
- Andy Anders — cosponsor (person)
- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Sue Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Frankie Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome "Dee" Richard — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Morris — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — 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. 199. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/19.
- **2019-05-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/597a6e17-2e3e-48df-89ca-185d0610f257`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).