SB 45 Louisiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TAX EXEMPTIONS: Exempts purchases of motor vehicles by certain veterans and their spouses from sales and use taxes and the vehicle registration and license tax. (7/1/25) (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)

SB 45 exempts certain veterans and their spouses from paying sales and use taxes on motor vehicle purchases. It also provides an exemption for these individuals from the vehicle registration and license tax. An amendment clarifies that this tax exemption extends to military honor personalized or special prestige license plates. These provisions are set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 31, 2025 Last action May 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB45 Original → Senate Floor Bureau Note, #909, McMath, Adopted · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was amended to extend the tax exemption for military honor plates to include personalized and special prestige license plates classified as military honor plates. This change ensures that veterans who own vehicles with these specific plates receive the same sales tax and registration fee benefits as those with standard military plates.

Scope change

The scope of the tax exemption was expanded to explicitly cover personalized and special prestige license plates designated as military honor plates, in addition to standard vehicles.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a new provision stating that the exemption applies to any personalized or special prestige license plate classified as a military honor plate.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 30, 2025

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 37

Apr 30, 2025

D Democratic11

9 Yea 2

81% Yea

R Republican26

25 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 6, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Committee

Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported with amendments.

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

upper

1 primary · 16 co-sponsors