---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMING/CASINO: Provides relative to non-gaming economic development activities by the casino gaming operator (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "GAMING/CASINO: Provides relative to non-gaming economic development activities by the casino gaming operator (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "Louisiana HB 137 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Royce Duplessis"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-17"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1b0e3fc-a86d-424e-aaf8-06789cbd6dfc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239942"
source_hash: "f4e77f4cc73c21fc3bd54916ededac7f30e3cbeee3e960b6662105ee3bd880f3"
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 137 (2021) — GAMING/CASINO: Provides relative to non-gaming economic development activities by the casino gaming operator (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB137 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1204588)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4049, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234186)
3. **HB137 Act 408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235806)
4. **HB137 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216426)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1277, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215320)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1501, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216345)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2979, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229945)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3038, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230333)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3475, Smith, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232014)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3536, Henry, Cameron, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232258)
11. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3109, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230633)
12. **HB137 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234636)

## Votes

- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1203) — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1109) — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1236) — **73–19** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#949) — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#89) — **71–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Royce Duplessis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-17** Effective date: 07/01/2021.
- **2021-06-17** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 408. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 32 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 73, nays 19. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-10** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee report received.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-10** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cortez, Smith, and Bouie.
- **2021-06-10** Notice the House rejected the Senate amendments; House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-09** House conferees appointed: Duplessis, James, and Magee.
- **2021-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 2, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-06-09** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2021.
- **2021-06-08** Notice given.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 4 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2021-06-07** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-02** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-01** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-04-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-04-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 20. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2021.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-22** Reported with amendments (11-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/19/2021.
- **2021-03-17** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1b0e3fc-a86d-424e-aaf8-06789cbd6dfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).