republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/hb-7.md

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Bill	TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Provides for a sales and use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers (EN -$11,100,000 GF RV See Note)	TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Provides for a sales and use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers (EN -$11,100,000 GF RV See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2021	HB 7	Louisiana HB 7 (2021)	bill		enacted	Aimee Adatto Freeman	9	64	7	2021-02-09	2021-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/c8a171c8-ec7c-463a-b0a0-56d9c8b0a8d4	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239769	a5e46657970dfd990e02af3f1e64b577478b45df726176182b9fb0c40352bd81	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 7 (2021) — TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Provides for a sales and use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers (EN -$11,100,000 GF RV See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB7 Original (filed) — source
2. Conference Committee Report, #4023, House Adopted, Senate Adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. HB7 Act 449 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB7 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HB7 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. House Floor Amendment, #2279, Freeman, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #3089, R&F, Draft (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #3162, R&F, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. HB7 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CO-AUTHORS (#883) — 10–0 (fail) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#882) — 28–1 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1084) — 51–42 (fail) · lower
• ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1245) — 63–36 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#683) — 62–32 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT (#1116) — 33–1 (pass) · upper
• TO CONSIDER (#1201) — 45–54 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Aimee Adatto Freeman — primary (person)
• Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
• C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
• Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
• Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
• Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Carter Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
• Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
• Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
• Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
• Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
• Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-23 Effective date: 06/23/2021.
• 2021-06-23 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 449. executive-signature
• 2021-06-11 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2021-06-10 Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
• 2021-06-10 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2021-06-10 Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
• 2021-06-10 Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
• 2021-06-10 Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 1 nays.
• 2021-06-10 Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 63, nays 36. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
• 2021-06-10 Called from the calendar.
• 2021-06-10 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2021-06-09 Scheduled for floor debate on 06/10/2021.
• 2021-06-09 By a vote of 45 yeas, 54 nays, the House refused to suspend the rules to consider the Conference Committee report.
• 2021-06-09 Conference Committee report received.
• 2021-06-09 Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
• 2021-06-09 Senate conference committee members appointed: Jackson, Reese, and Smith.
• 2021-06-09 Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
• 2021-06-08 House conferees appointed: Freeman, Bishop, and Magee.
• 2021-06-08 Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
• 2021-06-08 Conference committee appointment pending.
• 2021-06-08 Read by title, roll called, yeas 51, nays 42, the House refused to concur in the amendments proposed by the Senate.
• 2021-06-07 Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
• 2021-06-07 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2021-06-07 Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2021-06-03 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2021-06-02 Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2021-05-27 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. referral-committee
• 2021-05-26 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• 2021-05-25 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 62, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2021-05-25 Called from the calendar.
• 2021-05-24 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/25/2021.
• 2021-05-24 Notice given.
• 2021-05-24 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2021-05-24 Called from the calendar.
• 2021-05-20 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/24/2021.
• 2021-05-20 Notice given.
• 2021-05-20 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2021-05-20 Called from the calendar.
• 2021-05-18 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2021.
• 2021-05-18 Notice given.
• 2021-05-18 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2021-05-18 Called from the calendar.
• 2021-05-17 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2021.
• 2021-05-17 Notice given.
• 2021-05-17 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2021-05-17 Called from the calendar.
• 2021-05-13 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2021.
• 2021-05-13 Notice given.
• 2021-05-13 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2021-05-13 Called from the calendar.
• 2021-05-12 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2021.
• 2021-05-12 Notice given.
• 2021-05-12 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2021-05-12 Called from the calendar.
• 2021-05-10 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2021.
• 2021-05-10 Notice given.
• 2021-05-10 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2021-05-06 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/10/2021.
• 2021-05-04 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2021-05-03 Reported favorably (12-0).
• 2021-04-12 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2021-02-12 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/12/2021.
• 2021-02-09 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2021-02-09 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8a171c8-ec7c-463a-b0a0-56d9c8b0a8d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).