---
type: "Bill"
title: "RACING/HORSE: Provides relative to horse racing (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)"
description: "RACING/HORSE: Provides relative to horse racing (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 738"
citation: "Louisiana HB 738 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dustin Miller"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-03-31"
last_action: "2020-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4831286f-4b73-43ce-983d-cd56e651ead6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238649"
source_hash: "c60902d72ed40f3657ad57be0c2b8739918e31020f8c8bf021bd84105c3bdb56"
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 738 (2020) — RACING/HORSE: Provides relative to horse racing (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB738 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1167731)
2. **HB738 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182594)
3. **HB738 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171325)
4. **HB738 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174717)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1680, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1170753)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1777, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171303)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2313, Miller, D., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174261)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2253, Peacock, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177274)
9. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2039, Hensgens, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176279)
10. **HB738 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178578)

## Votes

- HB 738 BY MILLER, D. (#225) — **82–13** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#597) — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 2253 BY PEACOCK, HB 738 BY MILLER, D. (#595) — **5–29** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#724) — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- RETURN CAL - SUBJ TO CALL (#596) — **8–26** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dustin Miller — primary (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-13** Effective date: See Act.
- **2020-06-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 342. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2020-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **2020-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-26** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary C.
- **2020-05-25** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2020-05-21** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/20.
- **2020-05-15** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-13** Reported with amendments (14-0).
- **2020-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-31** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4831286f-4b73-43ce-983d-cd56e651ead6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).