---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/TAXATION: Expands the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act tax credit to certain recovery zones. (gov sig) (Item #65) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/TAXATION: Expands the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act tax credit to certain recovery zones. (gov sig) (Item #65) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Louisiana SB 14 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronnie Johns"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2020-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/193839ea-6576-49d0-95ca-bf7cba2bc3ba"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239456"
source_hash: "b77c8712d0617ca3bb80be748bbdde825c41160a5825c89cec85c669c8395239"
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 14 (2020s2) — TAX/TAXATION: Expands the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act tax credit to certain recovery zones. (gov sig) (Item #65) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB14 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189206)
2. **SB14 Act 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193323)
3. **SB14 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189514)
4. **SB14 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190034)
5. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #144, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189714)
6. **SB14 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191402)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#12) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#50) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ronnie Johns — primary (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-16** Effective date 10/16/2020.
- **2020-10-16** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 1. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-12** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 10/8/2020. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-12** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-12** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 10/8/2020.
- **2020-10-07** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-10-06** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/06/20.
- **2020-10-05** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-05** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-05** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-10-05** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-01** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-30** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-09-29** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-09-28** 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/193839ea-6576-49d0-95ca-bf7cba2bc3ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).