---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provides for tax exemptions for special districts created to finance capital improvements. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provides for tax exemptions for special districts created to finance capital improvements. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Louisiana SB 226 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Ashford Barrow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-15"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d98f63c3-b8f2-40b3-a6bc-2363d6297e48"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236591"
source_hash: "c8c52582cc45ae1dce148f3c6898ec5f3958edca4fbdac065cf4babb3439c95c"
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 226 (2019) — TAX EXEMPTIONS: Provides for tax exemptions for special districts created to finance capital improvements. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB226 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124523)
2. **SB226 Act 86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143180)
3. **SB226 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128558)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1152, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128115)
5. **SB226 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137773)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#214) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#595) — **66–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Regina Ashford Barrow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** Effective date 6/4/2019.
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 86. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-27** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 13. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-23** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/19.
- **2019-05-13** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-09** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-29** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. 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/d98f63c3-b8f2-40b3-a6bc-2363d6297e48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).