--- type: "Bill" title: "TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Provides relative to rates, computation, and administration of severance tax on oil, gas, and other natural resources (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)" description: "TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Provides relative to rates, computation, and administration of severance tax on oil, gas, and other natural resources (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 518" citation: "Louisiana HB 518 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Brett Geymann"] version_count: 7 action_count: 37 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-04-04" last_action: "2025-06-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0916df56-3c7b-47d9-84ba-d2cef15534e3" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248550" source_hash: "ab151a9701a01ffdc046e22bf4ba1bb11c4a77a011a7f915614b72cecf8773e3" 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 518 (2025) — TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Provides relative to rates, computation, and administration of severance tax on oil, gas, and other natural resources (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB518 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404109) 2. **Conference Committee Report, #4406, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424805) 3. **HB518 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425993) 4. **HB518 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411013) 5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2173, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417708) 6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2833, Bass, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421550) 7. **HB518 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425311) ## Votes - REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1133) — **93–0** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#743) — **38–0** (pass) · upper - FINAL PASSAGE (#308) — **96–0** (pass) · lower - ADOPT (#988) — **33–0** (pass) · upper - ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1259) — **95–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Brett Geymann — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-06-20** Effective date: 08/01/2025. - **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 373. `became-law, executive-signature` - **2025-06-16** 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` - **2025-06-12** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays. - **2025-06-12** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. - **2025-06-12** Rules suspended. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules. - **2025-06-11** Notice of Senate conferees appointed. - **2025-06-11** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed. - **2025-06-11** Senate conference committee members appointed: Bass, Foil, and Reese. - **2025-06-11** House conferees appointed: Geymann, Emerson, and Carlson. - **2025-06-10** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments. - **2025-06-10** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending. - **2025-06-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025. - **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt` - **2025-06-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar. - **2025-06-04** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. - **2025-06-04** Rules suspended. - **2025-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3` - **2025-06-03** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. - **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 96, nays 0. 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, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2025-05-05** Reported favorably (12-0). `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/0916df56-3c7b-47d9-84ba-d2cef15534e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).