HB 480 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to income tax withholding on gaming winnings (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

This bill modifies how casinos must handle income tax withholding on slot machine winnings for players who receive IRS Form W2-G. It requires these casinos to withhold taxes from those winnings at the highest individual income tax rate allowed by state law. The change specifically applies to slot machine payouts rather than other types of gaming winnings.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024 Signed May 22, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · House Mar 26, 2024

How they voted

340
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 13, 2024
D Democratic12
10 Yea 2
83% Yea
R Republican25
24 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 104, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (16-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Brach Myers
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