---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption and for donations to foster care organizations and provides relative to tax deductions for certain education-related expenses (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption and for donations to foster care organizations and provides relative to tax deductions for certain education-related expenses (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 238"
citation: "Louisiana HB 238 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack McFarland"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fdeb02a-1f50-4541-8b4e-08bcb4acb776"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248166"
source_hash: "7e23721b27a7c75372ff49fe690e9b17cc2e69e042c72f4d3ff3f0ede15cbd65"
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 238 (2025) — TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption and for donations to foster care organizations and provides relative to tax deductions for certain education-related expenses (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB238 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1400950)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4338, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424285)
3. **HB238 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425954)
4. **HB238 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411258)
5. **HB238 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413155)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2336, McFarland, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411749)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2160, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417435)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2205, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417837)
9. **HB238 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424836)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#941) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#814) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1212) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#527) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#302) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jack McFarland — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Rashid Young — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date: 06/20/2025.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 349. `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** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-11** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-11** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-11** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2025-06-11** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-11** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2025-06-10** Conference committee report received.
- **2025-06-09** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2025-06-09** Senate conference committee members appointed: Foil, Mizell, and Womack.
- **2025-06-04** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2025-06-04** House conferees appointed: McFarland, Emerson, and Chenevert.
- **2025-06-03** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2025-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/2025.
- **2025-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-01** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **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`
- **2025-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2025.
- **2025-05-06** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** Reported favorably (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fdeb02a-1f50-4541-8b4e-08bcb4acb776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).