---
type: "Bill"
title: "TAX/GAMING: Levies a state tax on the net revenue of fantasy sports contests (Item #17) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "TAX/GAMING: Levies a state tax on the net revenue of fantasy sports contests (Item #17) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s1"
identifier: "HB 64"
citation: "Louisiana HB 64 (2020s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Stefanski"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-10"
last_action: "2020-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5408ec3f-b1d7-40a8-bf64-5e96f84b258b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239253"
source_hash: "24f52767e00df414e5ca25f413beefba43c45f4910024c246ad4b690ad543a47"
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 64 (2020s1) — TAX/GAMING: Levies a state tax on the net revenue of fantasy sports contests (Item #17) (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB64 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181235)
2. **HB64 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1185902)
3. **HB64 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181646)
4. **HB64 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182788)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #297, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181844)
6. **HB64 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1183714)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#96) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#65) — **82–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Stefanski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13** Effective date: 07/13/2020.
- **2020-07-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 34. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-25** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-25** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-24** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-06-23** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-06-22** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-06-18** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2020-06-17** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 11. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-06-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/17/20.
- **2020-06-15** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-06-11** Reported favorably (13-0).
- **2020-06-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** Rules suspended.
- **2020-06-10** 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/5408ec3f-b1d7-40a8-bf64-5e96f84b258b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).