---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/TAX REBATES: Extends eligibility requirements for certain industries to participate in the Quality Jobs Program (Item #18) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/TAX REBATES: Extends eligibility requirements for certain industries to participate in the Quality Jobs Program (Item #18) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Louisiana HB 19 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Pressly"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-06-02"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c72d498-7ca3-4d34-a0e9-e856d3d2d4d1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239144"
source_hash: "a74f2308a6b5bb4c848336e5c122747750bfeec9282dfa944de6325bc5534318"
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 19 (2020s1) — TAX/TAX REBATES: Extends eligibility requirements for certain industries to participate in the Quality Jobs Program (Item #18) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB19 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179234)
2. **HB19 Act 29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185896)
3. **HB19 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181096)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #309, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183192)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #314, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183214)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #353, Milligan, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183490)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #562, Jackson, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184661)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #574, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184761)
9. **HB19 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1184993)

## Votes

- AMENDMENT # 562 BY JACKSON, HB 19 BY PRESSLY (#156) — **15–22** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#170) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#45) — **68–26** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#157) — **28–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas Pressly — primary (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Effective date: 07/01/2020.
- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 29. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 90, nays 6, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-06-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-06-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Called from the Calendar.
- **2020-06-26** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2020-06-26** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-24** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-23** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2020-06-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-22** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-06-16** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 26. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/16/20.
- **2020-06-11** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-10** Reported favorably (11-2).
- **2020-06-02** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c72d498-7ca3-4d34-a0e9-e856d3d2d4d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).