---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMING: Provides relative to the central computer monitoring system of electronic gaming devices located at certain gaming facilities (EN -$249,286 SD RV See Note)"
description: "GAMING: Provides relative to the central computer monitoring system of electronic gaming devices located at certain gaming facilities (EN -$249,286 SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 541"
citation: "Louisiana HB 541 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John \"Big John\" Illg , Jr."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/755b832e-a555-40eb-884a-8b62d5e6ba29"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240503"
source_hash: "710f16b12efcf51b063b67ba120b73d29085ac851323cad8382f072a978342c3"
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 541 (2021) — GAMING: Provides relative to the central computer monitoring system of electronic gaming devices located at certain gaming facilities (EN -$249,286 SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB541 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1211829)
2. **HB541 Act 427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235928)
3. **HB541 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216329)
4. **HB541 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218702)
5. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #947, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216771)
6. **HB541 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232961)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#120) — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#855) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 427. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-26** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-25** Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-04-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2021.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably (10-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/755b832e-a555-40eb-884a-8b62d5e6ba29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).