---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Extends the tax exemption period for cigars and pipe tobacco products sampled at the Premium Cigar Association convention (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Extends the tax exemption period for cigars and pipe tobacco products sampled at the Premium Cigar Association convention (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 111"
citation: "Louisiana HB 111 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Hughes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-15"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b8fc522-65eb-4f8a-9997-d3a635cec80a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243954"
source_hash: "a69cd9fb3cc483b338511cb326bbf222d521b74112220fca7a01cdbd7c40424a"
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 111 (2023) — TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Extends the tax exemption period for cigars and pipe tobacco products sampled at the Premium Cigar Association convention (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB111 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1303337)
2. **HB111 Act 116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331994)
3. **HB111 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311390)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1036, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311012)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1060, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311335)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1705, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321870)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1708, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321864)
8. **HB111 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327500)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#736) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#19) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#420) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 116. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-05-25** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2023.
- **2023-05-24** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-17** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/17/2023.
- **2023-04-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Reported with amendments (15-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/17/2023.
- **2023-03-15** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b8fc522-65eb-4f8a-9997-d3a635cec80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).