---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMING: Authorizes the Natchitoches Parish Council to call a referendum election to allow video draw poker gaming in Natchitoches Parish. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "GAMING: Authorizes the Natchitoches Parish Council to call a referendum election to allow video draw poker gaming in Natchitoches Parish. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 449"
citation: "Louisiana SB 449 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Luneau"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-05"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ebe24f5-a70c-4ad3-bbe1-43c28b1ecb81"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243057"
source_hash: "21b154498cf45ad3fc46bbc64300739e8ab31b04da5320dafe8bea455b39d8c8"
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 449 (2022) — GAMING: Authorizes the Natchitoches Parish Council to call a referendum election to allow video draw poker gaming in Natchitoches Parish. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB449 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1266031)
2. **SB449 Act 125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1285139)
3. **SB449 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1270940)
4. **SB449 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280747)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#960) — **67–22** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#364) — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Luneau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-25** Effective date 5/25/2022.
- **2022-05-25** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 125. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/20/2022. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-19** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-19** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-18** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 22. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-18** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2022-05-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2022.
- **2022-05-09** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-05-05** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-05-04** Reported favorably (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-04-21** Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 3 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-04-19** Reported favorably.
- **2022-04-06** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Introduced in the Senate. 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/7ebe24f5-a70c-4ad3-bbe1-43c28b1ecb81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).