---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMING: Provides relative to promotional play wagers. (Item #36) (gov sig) (EN -$11,200,000 RV See Note)"
description: "GAMING: Provides relative to promotional play wagers. (Item #36) (gov sig) (EN -$11,200,000 RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Louisiana SB 5 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronnie Johns"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-01"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b70d6bc-b668-493b-b88f-c503d6767f43"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239112"
source_hash: "c79a6409bbe0145fec0be18404c2204b2288b611d16d080527c8819f9eecf51c"
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 SB 5 (2020s1) — GAMING: Provides relative to promotional play wagers. (Item #36) (gov sig) (EN -$11,200,000 RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB5 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178750)
2. **SB5 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185912)
3. **SB5 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181343)
4. **SB5 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182217)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #199, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181960)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #200, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181961)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #228, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182104)
8. **SB5 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183909)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#47) — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#104) — **73–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ronnie Johns — primary (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Effective date 7/13/2020.
- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 14. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-25** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-24** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-06-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 19. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/24/20.
- **2020-06-23** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-23** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-06-22** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-18** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 8 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-15** Reported with amendments.
- **2020-06-11** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
- **2020-06-01** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b70d6bc-b668-493b-b88f-c503d6767f43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).