---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Ernest N. Morial-New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Ernest N. Morial-New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 617"
citation: "Louisiana HB 617 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Leger, III"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-06"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c67b11e-8e44-4da3-942b-1f80ddfc797c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236896"
source_hash: "464de86a05d208fd94d20cadf9f5df8a0262a5f589dec05ceee2193371f2d5ec"
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 617 (2019) — DISTRICTS/SPECIAL: Provides relative to the Ernest N. Morial-New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB617 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131578)
2. **HB617 Act 172** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143880)
3. **HB617 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131618)
4. **HB617 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132818)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2382, Leger, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132377)
6. **HB617 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141218)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#769) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#235) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walt Leger, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-07** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 172. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-27** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-21** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/19.
- **2019-05-07** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-07** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-06** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 589 reported by the Committee on Ways and Means (16-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c67b11e-8e44-4da3-942b-1f80ddfc797c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).