---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMING: Provides relative to fantasy sports. (gov sig) (Item #32) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "GAMING: Provides relative to fantasy sports. (gov sig) (Item #32) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "Louisiana SB 77 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary L. Smith, Jr."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-12"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b855c4a1-b158-4561-8254-9641ed1a897b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239664"
source_hash: "7fa4ea08a62cc0cdbf061c3b05817fa15c8e5c349c17041e857878cce2bc130f"
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 77 (2020s2) — GAMING: Provides relative to fantasy sports. (gov sig) (Item #32) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB77 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191954)
2. **SB77 Act 44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194827)
3. **SB77 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192176)
4. **SB77 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192665)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #555, Smith, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192458)
6. **SB77 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193751)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#207) — **72–15** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#103) — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-28** Effective date 10/28/2020.
- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 44. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-21** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-10-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 15. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/21/20.
- **2020-10-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-20** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-10-20** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-15** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-14** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-10-13** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-12** Rules suspended. 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/b855c4a1-b158-4561-8254-9641ed1a897b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).