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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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)"
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 635"
citation: "Louisiana HB 635 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Hollis"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-19"
last_action: "2023-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9bcd150-1b44-4bd4-9579-c01473a7361e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244833"
source_hash: "9e05673d65b57945335582e88c041d1801306c2166e720f9a7800f28f3631acd"
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 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](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313609)
2. **HB635 Act 414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332753)
3. **HB635 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320329)
4. **HB635 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324751)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1618, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314627)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2539, W&M, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320062)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2546, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320092)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2547, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320301)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #3169, Fontenot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323558)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #3366, Hollis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324639)
11. **House Floor Amendment, #3393, Frieman, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324694)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2300, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326571)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2322, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326595)
14. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2381, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326723)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2752, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329103)
16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2816, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329568)
17. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2676, Henry, Cameron, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328567)
18. **HB635 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330872)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9bcd150-1b44-4bd4-9579-c01473a7361e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).