republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-418.md

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Bill	TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Reduces severance tax rates on oil and gas produced from inactive wells and orphan wells (EN -$900,000 GF RV See Note)	TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Reduces severance tax rates on oil and gas produced from inactive wells and orphan wells (EN -$900,000 GF RV See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 418	Louisiana HB 418 (2024)	bill		enacted	Beau Beaullieu	9	45	5	2024-02-29	2024-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/38245513-8661-4ded-a32d-b9511c4c4668	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246108	57c1e5a5a7709530db46c353c18d5a5d5335a9b936afe8680d8c6c08f86dc0ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 418 (2024) — TAX/SEVERANCE TAX: Reduces severance tax rates on oil and gas produced from inactive wells and orphan wells (EN -$900,000 GF RV See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB418 Original (filed) — source
2. Conference Committee Report, #4891, House Adopted, Senate Adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. HB418 Act 695 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB418 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1436, W&M, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #1460, W&M, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #2263, R&F, Draft (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #2273, R&F, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. HB418 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1642) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#82) — 96–6 (pass) · lower
• REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1122) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT (#1406) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#554) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beau Beaullieu — primary (person)
• Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
• Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
• Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-19 Effective date: 10/01/2024.
• 2024-06-19 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 695. became-law, executive-signature
• 2024-06-04 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2024-06-02 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2024-06-02 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2024-05-31 Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
• 2024-05-31 Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2024-05-30 Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
• 2024-05-30 Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
• 2024-05-29 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2024.
• 2024-05-22 Conference committee report received.
• 2024-05-22 Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
• 2024-05-21 Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
• 2024-05-20 Senate conference committee members appointed: Foil, Reese, and Wheat.
• 2024-05-20 Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
• 2024-05-20 Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
• 2024-05-20 House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Emerson, and Jacob Landry.
• 2024-05-20 Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
• 2024-05-20 Called from the calendar.
• 2024-05-14 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2024.
• 2024-05-14 Notice given.
• 2024-05-14 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2024-05-14 Called from the calendar.
• 2024-05-09 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/14/2024.
• 2024-05-09 Notice given.
• 2024-05-09 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2024-05-09 Called from the calendar.
• 2024-05-08 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/09/2024.
• 2024-05-08 Notice given.
• 2024-05-08 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2024-05-07 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/08/2024.
• 2024-05-07 Received from the Senate with amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-07 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
• 2024-04-24 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2024-04-23 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2024-04-22 Reported with amendments. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-03-25 Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2024-03-25 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-03-21 Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2024.
• 2024-03-21 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-03-20 Reported with amendments (15-0). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38245513-8661-4ded-a32d-b9511c4c4668. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).