republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2025/hb-325.md

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Bill	TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)	TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2025	HB 325	Louisiana HB 325 (2025)	bill		enacted	Marcus Bryant	11	28	3	2025-04-03	2025-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/1a71edde-4670-4655-92ba-1e99f58edb56	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248290	a38bf9681b309a73b6cf235d05b9d5d9038aff1eefdd8a4ba310b83ee23aed40	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 325 (2025) — TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB325 Original (filed) — source
2. HB325 Act 266 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB325 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB325 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1389, W&M, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #2597, W&M, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. House Committee Amendment, #2786, W&M, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. House Floor Amendment, #3066, Bryant, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. House Floor Amendment, #3324, Bryant, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. House Floor Amendment, #3511, Bryant, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. HB325 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#652) — 74–20 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#672) — 26–11 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#550) — 64–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Marcus Bryant — primary (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-11 Effective date: 01/01/2026.
• 2025-06-11 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 266. became-law, executive-signature
• 2025-06-09 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2025-06-08 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2025-06-08 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2025-06-08 Received from the Senate without amendments. receipt
• 2025-06-04 Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2025-06-03 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2025-06-03 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2025-06-02 Reported favorably. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-29 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-05-28 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2025-05-27 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 20. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2025-05-27 Called from the calendar.
• 2025-05-22 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2025.
• 2025-05-22 Notice given.
• 2025-05-22 Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
• 2025-05-21 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 64, nays 27. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending.
• 2025-05-21 Called from the calendar.
• 2025-05-20 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
• 2025-05-20 Notice given.
• 2025-05-19 Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
• 2025-05-15 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2025.
• 2025-05-14 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2025-05-13 Reported with amendments (9-3). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-14 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a71edde-4670-4655-92ba-1e99f58edb56. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).