---
type: "Bill"
title: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Exempts certain video programming from franchise fees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Exempts certain video programming from franchise fees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 276"
citation: "Louisiana HB 276 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart J. Bishop"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb7afbea-f169-4c99-b0b6-124f661b64c8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241874"
source_hash: "8a2b8f8b4c480ea1568ec49bd4befd5581d041dead857af66b25a9821b21b2a2"
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 276 (2022) — TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Exempts certain video programming from franchise fees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB276 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1252628)
2. **HB276 Act 164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286113)
3. **HB276 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1263645)
4. **HB276 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267549)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1700, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262689)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1808, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1263414)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2149, Bishop, S., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267048)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2624, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1274379)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2648, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1274710)
10. **HB276 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1281320)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1004) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#515) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#195) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stuart J. Bishop — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-26** Effective date: 05/26/2022.
- **2022-05-26** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 164. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-23** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-19** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2022-05-17** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/19/2022.
- **2022-05-11** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2022-05-11** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-05-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-05-03** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-05-02** Reported with amendments.
- **2022-04-11** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2022-04-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-04-06** Called from the calendar.
- **2022-04-06** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2022-04-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/06/2022.
- **2022-04-04** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-03-29** Reported with amendments (15-0).
- **2022-03-21** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- **2022-03-21** Discharged from the Committee on Commerce.
- **2022-03-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/4/2022.
- **2022-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb7afbea-f169-4c99-b0b6-124f661b64c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).