2026 Regular Session
HB474
Creates individual income tax checkoffs for donations to the Grambling University National Alumni Association and the Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Partner positions
Dislikes
GENERAL OBJECTION TO TAX CHECKOFF EXPANSION The income tax system should not be used as a mechanism to solicit donations for private or affiliated organizations. Adding additional checkoffs complicates tax administration and blurs the line between public revenue collection and private fundraising. Charitable contributions are better handled through direct giving, not through the state tax form.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 23, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 474 FINAL PASSAGE (#40)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
82 yea–13 nay · 8 absent
May 5, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 474 FINAL PASSAGE (#574)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
34 yea–0 nay · 5 absent
May 11, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 474 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1084)
Passed
92 yea–5 nay · 8 absent
Committee referrals
March 24, 2026 · Senate
Revenue & Fiscal Affairs
February 26, 2026 · House
Ways and Means
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Effective date: 08/01/2026.
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House Becomes Act No. 400 without the Governor's signature.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.
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House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
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House Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Senate Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Reported favorably.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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House Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 03/23/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported favorably (14-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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House Prefiled.