---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/TAXATION: Provides relative to the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program. (Item #19) (8/1/20) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/TAXATION: Provides relative to the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program. (Item #19) (8/1/20) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Louisiana SB 17 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-09"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37aa8873-a05b-4a4c-9542-76bde39ab401"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239238"
source_hash: "c4da73e59bc0e380a38a60e99c06ada6ddad3a6c1e1d7df3ff5501f78add83f5"
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 17 (2020s1) — TAX/TAXATION: Provides relative to the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program. (Item #19) (8/1/20) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB17 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180890)
2. **SB17 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185918)
3. **SB17 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182170)
4. **SB17 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183912)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#49) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#110) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Hewitt — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Effective date 8/29/2020.
- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 19. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-25** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-24** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-06-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/24/20.
- **2020-06-23** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-23** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-06-22** Reported favorably (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-18** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-15** Reported favorably.
- **2020-06-09** 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/37aa8873-a05b-4a4c-9542-76bde39ab401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).