---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/PROPERTY: Increases certain penalties relative to certain prohibited actions regarding tax sale property (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/PROPERTY: Increases certain penalties relative to certain prohibited actions regarding tax sale property (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 659"
citation: "Louisiana HB 659 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tammy Phelps"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d178da89-eb29-44a2-a507-0df978e16411"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246465"
source_hash: "7e3df957eea6aa4ec0c51fc3417324bac7a6bd9733578ebbf8ada05837ee41ac"
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 659 (2024) — TAX/PROPERTY: Increases certain penalties relative to certain prohibited actions regarding tax sale property (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB659 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352295)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #5143, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378490)
3. **HB659 Act 627** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382356)
4. **HB659 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361261)
5. **HB659 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363484)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2172, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360685)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2193, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361049)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2415, Phelps, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362494)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3709, Jenkins, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375242)
10. **HB659 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381307)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#316) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1378) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1652) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1421) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#881) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tammy Phelps — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 627. `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 35 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** Conference committee report received.
- **2024-05-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-29** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-29** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-28** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-28** Senate conference committee members appointed: Jenkins, Foil, and Price.
- **2024-05-28** House conferees appointed: Phelps, Emerson, and LaCombe.
- **2024-05-23** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-23** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/23/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-29** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2024.
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** 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`
- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d178da89-eb29-44a2-a507-0df978e16411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).