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type: "Bill"
title: "GAMBLING/VIDEO POKER: Provides relative to video poker (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "GAMBLING/VIDEO POKER: Provides relative to video poker (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 540"
citation: "Louisiana HB 540 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Fontenot"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c6f080e-8253-4350-8657-43ffdaff3377"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248586"
source_hash: "bb20aff9c8050019e18489dcbf391da62bed8f3f4fe3382a1053ec27fc187986"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---
# Louisiana HB 540 (2025) — GAMBLING/VIDEO POKER: Provides relative to video poker (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB540 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404246)
2. **HB540 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425999)
3. **HB540 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407967)
4. **HB540 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412021)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1290, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406842)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1513, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407442)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1560, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407874)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2096, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410653)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #2284, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411913)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2619, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420372)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2715, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421034)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2742, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421168)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3059, Talbot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422525)
14. **HB540 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423531)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#724) — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1008) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#341) — **91–5** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Fontenot — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-06-20** Effective date: 06/20/2025.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 378. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025.
- **2025-05-07** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Reported with amendments (17-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2025-04-23** Reported with amendments (8-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c6f080e-8253-4350-8657-43ffdaff3377`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).