| | Hoffmann ran unopposed for reelection to his third and final term in the House in the October 24, 2015, primary election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/09/10/several-candidates-elected-unopposed/72032438/|title=See who has already won election|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=September 11, 2015|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> | | Hoffmann ran unopposed for reelection to his third and final term in the House in the October 24, 2015, primary election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/09/10/several-candidates-elected-unopposed/72032438/|title=See who has already won election|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=September 11, 2015|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |
| − | In March 2016, Hoffmann joined a House bipartisan majority for a one-cent increase in the state sales tax. State representatives voted 78 to 26 for the tax hike, a part of the revenue-raising measures pushed by Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/state-house-of-representatives-vote-to-increase-sales-tax/|title=State House of Representatives Vote to Increase Sales Tax|date=February 25, 2016|publisher=KEEL Radio ([[Shreveport]])|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> A House and Senate conference committee subsequently trimmed the five years for the duration of the tax to expire instead after twenty-seven months, effective from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018. Even the sale of [[Bible]]s and religious publications and [[Girl Scout]] cookies are now subject to the tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/15356825-127/see-the-list-examples-of-goods-services-that'll-now-be-taxed-in-louisiana|title=See the list: Examples of goods, services that'll now be taxed in Louisiana|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=April 1, 2016|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> | + | In March 2016, Hoffmann joined a House bipartisan majority for a one-cent increase in the state sales tax. State representatives voted 78 to 26 for the tax hike, a part of the revenue-raising measures pushed by Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/state-house-of-representatives-vote-to-increase-sales-tax/|title=State House of Representatives Vote to Increase Sales Tax|date=February 25, 2016|publisher=KEEL Radio ([[Shreveport]])|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> A House and Senate conference committee subsequently trimmed the five years for the duration of the tax to expire instead after twenty-seven months, effective from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018. Even the sale of [[Bible]]s and religious publications and [[Girl Scout]] cookies are now subject to the tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/15356825-127/see-the-list-examples-of-goods-services-that'll-now-be-taxed-in-louisiana|title=See the list: Examples of goods, services that'll now be taxed in Louisiana|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=April 1, 2016|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |