---
type: "Bill"
title: "AMUSEMENTS/SPORTS: Provides relative to the regulation of professional wrestling"
description: "AMUSEMENTS/SPORTS: Provides relative to the regulation of professional wrestling"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 502"
citation: "Louisiana HB 502 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Zeringue"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3ca1db7-b525-4ab0-bccf-674b8e205124"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233933"
source_hash: "0ab022868c96ed6a3d6fde6526c1144f16ff28dd088ae10b3e4f1efcb6d11f7a"
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 502 (2018) — AMUSEMENTS/SPORTS: Provides relative to the regulation of professional wrestling

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB502 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1072270)
2. **HB502 Act 210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1099066)
3. **HB502 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079702)
4. **HB502 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1082983)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1652, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1078503)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1799, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079629)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2243, Zeringue, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1082770)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1726, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079873)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2847, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1087895)
10. **HB502 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093814)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#235) — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#536) — **33–1** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#787) — **88–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jerome Zeringue — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-15** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 210. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-07** Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2018-05-07** Called from the calendar.
- **2018-05-07** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/07/18.
- **2018-04-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2018-04-25** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-19** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-18** Reported with amendments.
- **2018-04-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-04** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/18.
- **2018-03-28** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-27** Reported with amendments (15-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3ca1db7-b525-4ab0-bccf-674b8e205124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).