---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM: Exempts from local sales and use taxes certain prescription drugs administered by topical system in medical clinics (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM: Exempts from local sales and use taxes certain prescription drugs administered by topical system in medical clinics (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 629"
citation: "Louisiana HB 629 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beau Beaullieu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-19"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/257a48df-a29f-4d53-a6fa-170b87e27eba"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244827"
source_hash: "b667de601a09202e37bac75db6145c4ed76e83b888e4efa54b99fb078bb89319"
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 629 (2023) — TAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM: Exempts from local sales and use taxes certain prescription drugs administered by topical system in medical clinics (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB629 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313564)
2. **HB629 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332576)
3. **HB629 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319643)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1986, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324080)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2004, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324177)
6. **HB629 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330848)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1104) — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#481) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#754) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beau Beaullieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14** Effective date: 07/01/2023.
- **2023-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 382. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-22** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2023.
- **2023-05-09** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/257a48df-a29f-4d53-a6fa-170b87e27eba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).