---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Limits the severance tax exemption for gas produced from certain horizontally drilled wells (EN +$8,600,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Limits the severance tax exemption for gas produced from certain horizontally drilled wells (EN +$8,600,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 495"
citation: "Louisiana HB 495 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Geymann"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1d638e8-597c-46da-8cbe-050b2960e804"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248527"
source_hash: "1cf1527d0e8a61d3db2d9cf8b9dd361a5f1c826c6fea50abb18811005c41d11a"
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 495 (2025) — TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Limits the severance tax exemption for gas produced from certain horizontally drilled wells (EN +$8,600,000 GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB495 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404061)
2. **HB495 Act 284** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425598)
3. **HB495 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411376)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2143, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410873)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2211, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411313)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2807, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421453)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2847, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421610)
8. **HB495 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423480)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#733) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1015) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#307) — **97–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brett Geymann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** Effective date: See Act.
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 284. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-09** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-03** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2025-06-02** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-08** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-08** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2025.
- **2025-05-06** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1d638e8-597c-46da-8cbe-050b2960e804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).