GAMING/CASINO: Provides with respect to the land-based casino operating contract (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Mar 29, 2019
Signed Jun 7, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2019 · House May 2, 2019
How they voted
20–7
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 28
May 28, 2019
D
Democratic7
57% Yea
R
Republican21
76% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Jun 7, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 171.
lower
May 29, 2019
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
May 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 22, 2019
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 22, 2019
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 7, 2019
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
upper
May 2, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 24, 2019
Introduced
Reported with amendments (13-0-1).
lower
Apr 8, 2019
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Mar 29, 2019
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
TF
Taylor F. Barras
RRepublican
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Jimmy Harris
DDemocratic
Co
JS
Julie Stokes
RRepublican
Co
Patrick O. Jefferson
DDemocratic
Co
Randal L. Gaines
DDemocratic
Co
RE
Robert E. Billiot
DDemocratic
Co
Rodney Lyons
DDemocratic
Co
Royce Duplessis
DDemocratic
Co
Vincent J. Pierre
DDemocratic
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