---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/INCOME TAX: Increases the maximum amount of the construction code retrofitting deduction and expands the deduction to cover costs associated with \"fortified home\" standards compliance (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/INCOME TAX: Increases the maximum amount of the construction code retrofitting deduction and expands the deduction to cover costs associated with \"fortified home\" standards compliance (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 145"
citation: "Louisiana HB 145 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Wilder III"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-31"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c6099d1-67b0-473d-b0fa-03a8d2b04801"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248055"
source_hash: "e3cfc88a3144005e199b5456dae167910040a500ac194c0e4396243505928ca1"
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 145 (2025) — TAX/INCOME TAX: Increases the maximum amount of the construction code retrofitting deduction and expands the deduction to cover costs associated with "fortified home" standards compliance (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB145 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1400226)
2. **HB145 Act 473** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1427657)
3. **HB145 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413421)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2230, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417910)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2234, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417933)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3119, Talbot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423008)
7. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3183, Foil, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423883)
8. **HB145 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424811)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#398) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#904) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH DAY (#1185) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1215) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#919) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roger Wilder III — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date: 01/01/2026.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 473. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-12** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-12** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-11** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-11** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-11** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-11** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2025-06-10** 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`
- **2025-06-10** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2025-06-10** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-10** By a vote of 88 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2025-06-09** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2025-06-01** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2025-06-01** Rules suspended. Recalled from the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-27** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.
- **2025-05-13** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c6099d1-67b0-473d-b0fa-03a8d2b04801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).