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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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)"
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 596"
citation: "Louisiana HB 596 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Stefanski"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-17"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9687ddf6-b8d2-4603-98b5-d8e0ea062add"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236641"
source_hash: "aeb570e502ae65857259833c1d8729ae6483d55536fdb3e691654144eadfc1bd"
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 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](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125410)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3774, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143337)
3. **HB596 Act 366** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144517)
4. **HB596 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131349)
5. **HB596 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135831)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3134, Fannin, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140677)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3167, Riser, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140829)
8. **HB596 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143504)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9687ddf6-b8d2-4603-98b5-d8e0ea062add`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).