---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMING: Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "GAMING: Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Louisiana SB 247 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Page Cortez"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-05-13"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c46b034-cf6c-4f81-a0d8-6f3a5cb6d438"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241042"
source_hash: "589c4dfb284f9565397021b862bb2ad0311474ef76deff0037349285e4111a19"
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 247 (2021) — GAMING: Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB247 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224156)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3417, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227689)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3460, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228023)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3497, Stefanski, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228283)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3695, Stefanski, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229920)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #3845, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231609)
7. **SB247 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235896)
8. **SB247 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224498)
9. **SB247 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225572)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2269, Ward, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226147)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2321, Ward, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226342)
12. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2280, Cortez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226167)
13. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2119, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224979)
14. **SB247 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234538)

## Votes

- RECONSIDER (#1065) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#411) — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#994) — **78–15** (pass) · lower
- REJECT (#980) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#1066) — **33–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick Page Cortez — primary (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21** Effective date 7/1/2021.
- **2021-06-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 440. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
- **2021-06-10** Discharged from Conference Committee.
- **2021-06-10** Notice the Senate has discharged the Conference Committee.
- **2021-06-10** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 3 nays.
- **2021-06-10** By a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-10** Senate Conference Committee members discharged.
- **2021-06-10** Reconsidered.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-09** House conferees appointed: Stefanski, James, and Schexnayder.
- **2021-06-08** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-08** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cortez, Ward, and Smith.
- **2021-06-08** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2021-06-08** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-06** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-03** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 15. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2021.
- **2021-05-27** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-25** Reported with amendments (8-0). Rules suspended. Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-24** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-19** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 6 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Called from the Calendar.
- **2021-05-18** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2021-05-17** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-13** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 202. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c46b034-cf6c-4f81-a0d8-6f3a5cb6d438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).