GAMBLING/RIVERBOAT: Provides for a referendum in St. Tammany Parish regarding riverboat gaming (EN SEE FISC NOTE RV See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced May 5, 2021
Signed Jun 15, 2021
Floor votes · House May 13, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Jun 15, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 362.
lower
Jun 7, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
Jun 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 23 yeas and 14 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 2, 2021
Committee
Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 26, 2021
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 18, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
upper
May 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 63, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 497 reported by the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice (8-2-1).
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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