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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana creates tax return checkoffs for Grambling and Louisiana Tech alumni associations
Last action · May 27, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsors: Rashid Young and 1 other
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana taxpayers entitled to an income tax refund can designate all or part of that refund as a donation to the Grambling University National Alumni Association or the Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association, starting with tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2027.
Residents filing state income tax returns gain a direct mechanism to divert personal refund dollars to specific university alumni associations, reducing their cash refund by the designated amount.
- State tax return checkoffs allow taxpayers to voluntarily allocate a portion of their tax refund to designated non-profit, educational, or charitable funds. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
individual income taxpayers
Taxpayers entitled to a refund receive a new option to direct all or part of their refund to designated alumni associations.
Grambling University National Alumni Association
The association becomes eligible to receive voluntary donations through state income tax refund checkoffs.
Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association
The association becomes eligible to receive voluntary donations through state income tax refund checkoffs.
Department of Revenue
The department's secretary must administer and distribute the donated monies according to statutory provisions.
Key Facts
- Taxpayers entitled to an individual income tax refund may designate all or a portion of their refund to be donated to the Grambling University National Alumni Association.
- Taxpayers entitled to an individual income tax refund may designate all or a portion of their refund to be donated to the Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association.
- The tax refund is reduced by the exact amount designated for donation.
- Designations must be made at the time of filing on the tax return form prescribed by the secretary of the Department of Revenue.
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- Donated monies are administered by the secretary of the Department of Revenue and distributed in accordance with R.S. 47:120.37.
- Donations made under these provisions are not invalid for want of an authentic act.
- The new checkoff provisions apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2027.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I donate to either alumni association using my tax return?
When does this tax checkoff take effect?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law without the governor's signature.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 27, 2026HouseBecomes Act No. 400 without the Governor's signature.
- May 27, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 13, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 12, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 12, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 11, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 7, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
- May 6, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 5, 2026SenateFloorSenate 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.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Mar 24, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 23, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/23/2026.
- Mar 17, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 16, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (14-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
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