2025 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB238
Legislative Summary
Provides relative to tax benefits for adoption of children from foster care and donations to foster care charitable organizations (RE1 NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)
Demographic Impact
Overall analysis of equity impact
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Bill History
4/1/2025
Prefiled.
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
House of Representatives
5/5/2025
Reported favorably (11-0).
House of Representatives
5/6/2025
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
5/6/2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2025.
House of Representatives
5/8/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
5/12/2025
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Senate
5/13/2025
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
Senate
5/27/2025
Reported with amendments.
Senate
5/28/2025
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Senate
5/29/2025
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate
Amendments
House Floor Amendment #2336 McFarland Proposed
House Floor Amendment #2336 McFarland Proposed
Not Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment #2205 R&F Proposed
Senate Committee Amendment #2205 R&F Proposed
Not Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment #2160 R&F Draft
Senate Committee Amendment #2160 R&F Draft
Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House Vote on HB 238 FINAL PASSAGE (#302)
5/8/2025
95
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
9
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(5/12/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Republican: 18
Democrat: 12
Primary Sponsor
Jack McFarland
Republican
Co-Sponsors (29)
Daryl Adams
Democrat
Beryl Amedee
Republican
Tony Bacala
Republican
Beth Billings
Republican
Wilford Carter
Democrat
Tehmi Chassion
Democrat
Emily Chenevert
Republican
Jason DeWitt
Republican
Kathy Edmonston
Republican
Peter Egan
Republican
Adrian Fisher
Democrat
Brian Glorioso
Republican
Kyle Green
Democrat
Dodie Horton
Republican
Jason Hughes
Democrat
Steven Jackson
Democrat
Alonzo Knox
Democrat
Michael Melerine
Republican
Candace Newell
Democrat
Charles Owen
Republican
Rodney Schamerhorn
Republican
Laurie Schlegel
Republican
Phillip Tarver
Republican
Sylvia Taylor
Democrat
Francis Thompson
Republican
Joy Walters
Democrat
John Wyble
Republican
Rashid Young
Democrat
Jerome Zeringue
Republican