---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMBLING/RIVERBOAT: Provides relative to inspections of riverboats"
description: "GAMBLING/RIVERBOAT: Provides relative to inspections of riverboats"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 488"
citation: "Louisiana HB 488 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Les Farnum"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f41cca58-476e-4215-a6b2-f5562bf1f03b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244455"
source_hash: "e353ea9a809765eb5498c23c9419c74f0e3a28dba942ac50da528a1e55ba163b"
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 488 (2023) — GAMBLING/RIVERBOAT: Provides relative to inspections of riverboats

## Version chain

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

1. **HB488 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309362)
2. **HB488 Act 126** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332006)
3. **HB488 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316083)
4. **HB488 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320561)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2591, Farnum, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320263)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1775, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322382)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1795, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322471)
8. **HB488 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327520)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#741) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#444) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#268) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Les Farnum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 126. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2023-05-25** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2023.
- **2023-05-25** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-16** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-09** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/09/2023.
- **2023-04-27** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably (10-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f41cca58-476e-4215-a6b2-f5562bf1f03b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).