---
type: "Bill"
title: "RACING/COMMISSION: Provides relative to the members of the Louisiana State Racing Commission (EN +$26,000 LF EX See Note)"
description: "RACING/COMMISSION: Provides relative to the members of the Louisiana State Racing Commission (EN +$26,000 LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 840"
citation: "Louisiana HB 840 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Boyer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/824a825b-1937-4700-90ec-12b1e99e02d7"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246989"
source_hash: "ccf37cfc5e3ee551bc8b174a5992d80d23bc119113292867052ddec7e4c5a1f0"
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 840 (2024) — RACING/COMMISSION: Provides relative to the members of the Louisiana State Racing Commission (EN +$26,000 LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB840 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360240)
2. **HB840 Act 639** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382368)
3. **HB840 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368339)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3311, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367024)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3951, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376755)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3983, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376923)
7. **HB840 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380133)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1235) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1584) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#781) — **96–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Boyer — primary (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 639. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-21** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2024.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Reported favorably (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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/824a825b-1937-4700-90ec-12b1e99e02d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).