---
type: "Bill"
title: "HORSE RACING: Provides for the disposition of monies designated for horse racing purses. (8/1/23)"
description: "HORSE RACING: Provides for the disposition of monies designated for horse racing purses. (8/1/23)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Louisiana SB 173 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Franklin J. Foil"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba2d1747-74fb-4add-af9d-474a7e20c691"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244550"
source_hash: "876d2acabdc683736f547584699ea2ecc5f9e15f27292937fe4d2ba6acb492c7"
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 173 (2023) — HORSE RACING: Provides for the disposition of monies designated for horse racing purses. (8/1/23)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB173 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309792)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3244, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323997)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3253, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324057)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3300, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324636)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3882, Davis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328237)
6. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2074, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324777)
7. **SB173 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332361)
8. **SB173 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317994)
9. **SB173 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322145)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1134, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317780)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1197, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317964)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1465, Foil, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319750)
13. **SB173 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329356)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#671) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#882) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#294) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Franklin J. Foil — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 261. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-05** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-04** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-01** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-01** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-31** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2023.
- **2023-05-24** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-22** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-15** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-02** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba2d1747-74fb-4add-af9d-474a7e20c691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).