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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 325"
citation: "Louisiana HB 325 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus Bryant"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a71edde-4670-4655-92ba-1e99f58edb56"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248290"
source_hash: "a38bf9681b309a73b6cf235d05b9d5d9038aff1eefdd8a4ba310b83ee23aed40"
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 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](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1402513)
2. **HB325 Act 266** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425579)
3. **HB325 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414552)
4. **HB325 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418403)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1389, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406645)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2597, W&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413361)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2786, W&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414481)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #3066, Bryant, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415672)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #3324, Bryant, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417081)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #3511, Bryant, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418038)
11. **HB325 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422155)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a71edde-4670-4655-92ba-1e99f58edb56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).