---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAMBLING/CHARITABLE: Provides relative to licenses for certain raffle games"
description: "GAMBLING/CHARITABLE: Provides relative to licenses for certain raffle games"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "Louisiana HB 474 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John \"Big John\" Illg , Jr."]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7480915-34a7-4a3f-96ae-1376ad4c6307"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244430"
source_hash: "4398b4ba3a7aedb60add1af23520722e4572a71686585753d96e3d20f0d33cad"
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 474 (2023) — GAMBLING/CHARITABLE: Provides relative to licenses for certain raffle games

## Version chain

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

1. **HB474 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309147)
2. **HB474 Act 89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331610)
3. **HB474 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313963)
4. **HB474 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316400)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1904, Villio, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316316)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1515, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320135)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1526, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320262)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1956, Henry, Cameron, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323904)
9. **HB474 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326252)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#673) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#132) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#371) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 89. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-05-31** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/25/2023.
- **2023-05-18** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-09** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-26** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/26/2023.
- **2023-04-24** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7480915-34a7-4a3f-96ae-1376ad4c6307`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).