republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-635.md

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Bill	REVENUE/TAXATION DEPT: Increases the rate of the excise tax on vapor products and electronic cigarettes and dedicates a portion of the avails of such increase to payment of salaries and related benefits for La. State Police (EN -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)	REVENUE/TAXATION DEPT: Increases the rate of the excise tax on vapor products and electronic cigarettes and dedicates a portion of the avails of such increase to payment of salaries and related benefits for La. State Police (EN -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2023	HB 635	Louisiana HB 635 (2023)	bill		enacted	Paul Hollis	18	23	3	2023-04-19	2023-06-15	openstates	ocd-bill/f9bcd150-1b44-4bd4-9579-c01473a7361e	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244833	9e05673d65b57945335582e88c041d1801306c2166e720f9a7800f28f3631acd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 635 (2023) — REVENUE/TAXATION DEPT: Increases the rate of the excise tax on vapor products and electronic cigarettes and dedicates a portion of the avails of such increase to payment of salaries and related benefits for La. State Police (EN -$5,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB635 Original (filed) — source
2. HB635 Act 414 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB635 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB635 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1618, W&M, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #2539, W&M, Proposed (committee substitute) — source
7. House Committee Amendment, #2546, W&M, Draft (committee substitute) — source
8. House Committee Amendment, #2547, W&M, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. House Floor Amendment, #3169, Fontenot, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. House Floor Amendment, #3366, Hollis, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. House Floor Amendment, #3393, Frieman, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
12. Senate Committee Amendment, #2300, R&F, Draft (committee substitute) — source
13. Senate Committee Amendment, #2322, R&F, Draft (committee substitute) — source
14. Senate Committee Amendment, #2381, R&F, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
15. Senate Floor Amendment, #2752, McMath, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
16. Senate Floor Amendment, #2816, McMath, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
17. Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2676, Henry, Cameron, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
18. HB635 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#798) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1105) — 83–13 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#578) — 83–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Paul Hollis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-15 Effective date: 07/01/2023.
• 2023-06-15 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 414. became-law, executive-signature
• 2023-06-09 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2023-06-08 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2023-06-07 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2023-06-06 Read by title, roll called, yeas 83, nays 13. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
• 2023-06-05 Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
• 2023-06-05 Received from the Senate with amendments. receipt
• 2023-06-04 Rules suspended. 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
• 2023-05-31 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2023-05-30 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2023-05-29 Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-24 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-23 Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2023-05-22 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 11. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2023-05-22 Called from the calendar.
• 2023-05-22 Rules suspended.
• 2023-05-18 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2023-05-11 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2023.
• 2023-05-10 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2023-05-09 Reported with amendments (14-0). committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-20 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f9bcd150-1b44-4bd4-9579-c01473a7361e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).