---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Reduces severance tax rates on oil and gas produced from inactive wells and orphan wells (EN -$900,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Reduces severance tax rates on oil and gas produced from inactive wells and orphan wells (EN -$900,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 418"
citation: "Louisiana HB 418 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beau Beaullieu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38245513-8661-4ded-a32d-b9511c4c4668"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246108"
source_hash: "57c1e5a5a7709530db46c353c18d5a5d5335a9b936afe8680d8c6c08f86dc0ba"
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 418 (2024) — TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Reduces severance tax rates on oil and gas produced from inactive wells and orphan wells (EN -$900,000 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB418 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350715)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4891, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377168)
3. **HB418 Act 695** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382716)
4. **HB418 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356135)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1436, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355875)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1460, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356098)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2263, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367677)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2273, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367774)
9. **HB418 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372541)

## Votes

- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1642) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#82) — **96–6** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1122) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1406) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#554) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beau Beaullieu — primary (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 10/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 695. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-31** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-30** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-30** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-05-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Conference committee report received.
- **2024-05-22** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-21** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-20** Senate conference committee members appointed: Foil, Reese, and Wheat.
- **2024-05-20** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-20** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-20** House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Emerson, and Jacob Landry.
- **2024-05-20** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-20** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-14** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2024.
- **2024-05-14** Notice given.
- **2024-05-14** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-14** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/14/2024.
- **2024-05-09** Notice given.
- **2024-05-09** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-09** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/09/2024.
- **2024-05-08** Notice given.
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/08/2024.
- **2024-05-07** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-07** 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`
- **2024-04-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-22** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-25** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2024.
- **2024-03-21** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Reported with amendments (15-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38245513-8661-4ded-a32d-b9511c4c4668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).