---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMING: Provides for sports wagering (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "GAMING: Provides for sports wagering (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 697"
citation: "Louisiana HB 697 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Stefanski"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-22"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e65e4de-6d5c-470e-ba29-0e5c1db2b1f3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240827"
source_hash: "28a120d589c23ab4a1b942b743c42f2b5b3485a86bc353ec1f33251dac9df124"
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 697 (2021) — GAMING: Provides for sports wagering (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB697 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216262)
2. **HB697 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232717)
3. **HB697 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216467)
4. **HB697 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222904)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2152, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220073)
6. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #949, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216773)
7. **HB697 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227012)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#424) — **32–4** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#335) — **78–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Stefanski — primary (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** Effective date: See Act.
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 80. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-05-24** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-05-20** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-05-20** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 4 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-18** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-17** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-10** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 24. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-10** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/10/2021.
- **2021-05-05** Notice given.
- **2021-05-05** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2021.
- **2021-04-29** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-29** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2021-04-22** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 628 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/6e65e4de-6d5c-470e-ba29-0e5c1db2b1f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).