republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/hb-415.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TOURISM: Provides for the creation of tourism recovery and improvement districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
description: "TOURISM: Provides for the creation of tourism recovery and improvement districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 415"
citation: "Louisiana HB 415 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randal L. Gaines"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b1d8069-9b64-4b0d-82f7-d4620200b2ec"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240345"
source_hash: "2988c5ac621d4940dcf6115090d0a0e227d4a04d99049b7695e764e14990eedb"
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 415 (2021) — TOURISM: Provides for the creation of tourism recovery and improvement districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB415 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1210923)
2. **HB415 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235562)
3. **HB415 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221872)
4. **HB415 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226028)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2738, Gaines, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223421)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2957, Harris, Lance, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224752)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #3176, Harris, Lance, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225923)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #3183, Huval, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225924)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #3184, Gaines, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225933)
10. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1761, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222221)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3298, L&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231321)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3307, L&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231351)
13. **HB415 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233623)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#899) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#530) — **66–22** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1114) — **87–10** (pass) · lower
- 3/10/3 MINUTE in DEBATE RULE (#453) — **19–64** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randal L. Gaines — primary (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-15** Effective date: 06/15/2021.
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 319. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 10, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-03** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-18** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 22. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended.
- **2021-05-13** Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2021.
- **2021-05-10** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b1d8069-9b64-4b0d-82f7-d4620200b2ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).