---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/RACKETEERING: Provides for the definition of the crime of racketeering (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "CRIME/RACKETEERING: Provides for the definition of the crime of racketeering (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 205"
citation: "Louisiana HB 205 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Glorioso"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f1df3d2-e09d-40e5-90a0-79bcdd01ebaa"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245811"
source_hash: "5a3d613b8a5825597c345ba4ecfb4ab55566d08b3098a2aad0d6cf5b27ffd8cb"
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 205 (2024) — CRIME/RACKETEERING: Provides for the definition of the crime of racketeering (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB205 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346926)
2. **HB205 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382287)
3. **HB205 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358193)
4. **HB205 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361678)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1777, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357974)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1795, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358173)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1868, Villio, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358475)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3046, Miguez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371728)
9. **HB205 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379289)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#760) — **26–10** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#183) — **86–16** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1458) — **79–19** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 3046 BY MIGUEZ, ADOPT (#759) — **25–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Glorioso — primary (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date: 06/10/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 549. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title, roll called, yeas 79, nays 19, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-23** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-02** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 16. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/02/2024.
- **2024-03-27** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Reported with amendments (9-4). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f1df3d2-e09d-40e5-90a0-79bcdd01ebaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).