republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-596.md

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Bill	TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Defines a commercial farmer for purposes of certain sales and use tax exemptions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)	TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Defines a commercial farmer for purposes of certain sales and use tax exemptions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2019	HB 596	Louisiana HB 596 (2019)	bill		enacted	John Stefanski	8	32	5	2019-04-17	2019-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/9687ddf6-b8d2-4603-98b5-d8e0ea062add	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236641	aeb570e502ae65857259833c1d8729ae6483d55536fdb3e691654144eadfc1bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 596 (2019) — TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Defines a commercial farmer for purposes of certain sales and use tax exemptions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB596 Original (filed) — source
2. Conference Committee Report, #3774, House Adopted, Senate Adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. HB596 Act 366 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB596 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HB596 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Floor Amendment, #3134, Fannin, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Floor Amendment, #3167, Riser, Withdrawn (committee substitute) — source
8. HB596 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#965) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#407) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#881) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1035) — 84–0 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT (#1022) — 24–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John Stefanski — primary (person)
• Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Morris — cosponsor (person)
• John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
• John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
• Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Dwight — cosponsor (person)
• Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-19 Effective date: 07/01/2019.
• 2019-06-18 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 366. executive-signature
• 2019-06-10 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2019-06-06 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2019-06-06 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2019-06-06 Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
• 2019-06-06 Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
• 2019-06-06 Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 84, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
• 2019-06-06 Rules suspended.
• 2019-06-06 Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 24 yeas and 7 nays.
• 2019-06-06 Conference Committee report received.
• 2019-06-05 Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
• 2019-06-05 Senate conference committee members appointed: Morrell, Allain, and Carter.
• 2019-06-05 Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
• 2019-06-05 Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
• 2019-06-05 House conferees appointed: Stefanski, Abramson, and DeVillier.
• 2019-06-04 Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
• 2019-06-03 Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/19.
• 2019-06-03 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2019-06-03 Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2019-06-02 Senate floor amendments read and adopted; read by title and returned to its regular order on third reading and final passage.
• 2019-06-02 Rules suspended.
• 2019-05-30 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2019-05-29 Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2019-05-22 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. referral-committee
• 2019-05-21 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• 2019-05-20 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2019-05-07 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/19.
• 2019-05-07 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2019-05-06 Reported favorably (13-0).
• 2019-04-22 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2019-04-17 Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9687ddf6-b8d2-4603-98b5-d8e0ea062add. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).