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type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Establishes a sales tax holiday to provide relief for recovery as a result of Hurricane Laura and the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN -$4,500,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Establishes a sales tax holiday to provide relief for recovery as a result of Hurricane Laura and the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN -$4,500,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Louisiana HB 26 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Schexnayder"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64e01311-6807-4ac2-a455-935ccc2aa5e6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239452"
source_hash: "9ddc84fda31e75e5e9ed1ae6284ac47034cb6a3c6cebb51b4f0d7b1ebf0889a4"
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 26 (2020s2) — TAX/SALES-USE-EXEMPT: Establishes a sales tax holiday to provide relief for recovery as a result of Hurricane Laura and the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN -$4,500,000 GF RV See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB26 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189151)
2. **HB26 Act 16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194932)
3. **HB26 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190861)
4. **HB26 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191195)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #252, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190450)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #311, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1190759)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #353, Schexnayder, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191135)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #552, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192443)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #581, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192578)
10. **HB26 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193625)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#38) — **920** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#192) — **860** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#136) — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Clay Schexnayder — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-10-28** Effective date: 10/28/2020.
- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 16. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-21** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-20** Read by title, roll called, yeas 86, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-10-20** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-20** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-10-19** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-14** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-07** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/06/20.
- **2020-10-05** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-05** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-05** Reported with amendments (11-0).
- **2020-09-28** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64e01311-6807-4ac2-a455-935ccc2aa5e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).