republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-277.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Requires the commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control to suspend or revoke permits of certain alcoholic beverage dealers for failure to pay taxes (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
description: "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Requires the commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control to suspend or revoke permits of certain alcoholic beverage dealers for failure to pay taxes (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Louisiana HB 277 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney Lyons"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdc04fc7-dc2e-4515-a8cc-9d3ee7f79c22"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236039"
source_hash: "ba6c6488ebf141bbdadc5b771f58c44f911eceb0cb1319ae40ffb8e73ccf2b8f"
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 277 (2019) — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Requires the commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control to suspend or revoke permits of certain alcoholic beverage dealers for failure to pay taxes (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB277 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120254)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3712, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142137)
3. **HB277 Act 282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144125)
4. **HB277 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127628)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1885, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133795)
6. **HB277 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143360)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#183) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1001) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1006) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#649) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#410) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodney Lyons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-13** Effective date: 06/11/19.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 282. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** 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.
- **2019-06-05** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/19.
- **2019-06-04** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2019-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-03** Senate conference committee members appointed: Gary Smith, Morrell, and Chabert.
- **2019-05-31** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-05-31** House conferees appointed: Lyons, Jackson, and Duplessis.
- **2019-05-29** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/19.
- **2019-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-20** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-15** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-14** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-07** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/19.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably (13-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdc04fc7-dc2e-4515-a8cc-9d3ee7f79c22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).