republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/sb-247.md

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Bill	GAMING: Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)	GAMING: Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2021	SB 247	Louisiana SB 247 (2021)	bill		enacted	Patrick Page Cortez	14	32	5	2021-05-13	2021-06-21	openstates	ocd-bill/9c46b034-cf6c-4f81-a0d8-6f3a5cb6d438	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241042	589c4dfb284f9565397021b862bb2ad0311474ef76deff0037349285e4111a19	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 247 (2021) — GAMING: Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. SB247 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #3417, ACRJ, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Amendment, #3460, ACRJ, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House Floor Amendment, #3497, Stefanski, Withdrawn (committee substitute) — source
5. House Floor Amendment, #3695, Stefanski, Withdrawn (committee substitute) — source
6. House Floor Amendment, #3845, Stefanski, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. SB247 Act (committee substitute) — source
8. SB247 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
9. SB247 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Floor Amendment, #2269, Ward, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Floor Amendment, #2321, Ward, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
12. Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2280, Cortez, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
13. Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2119, Mills, Fred, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
14. SB247 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• RECONSIDER (#1065) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#411) — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#994) — 78–15 (pass) · lower
• REJECT (#980) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR (#1066) — 33–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patrick Page Cortez — primary (person)
• John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
• Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-21 Effective date 7/1/2021.
• 2021-06-21 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 440. executive-signature
• 2021-06-10 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021. executive-receipt
• 2021-06-10 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2021-06-10 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2021-06-10 Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
• 2021-06-10 Discharged from Conference Committee.
• 2021-06-10 Notice the Senate has discharged the Conference Committee.
• 2021-06-10 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 3 nays.
• 2021-06-10 By a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2021-06-10 Rules suspended.
• 2021-06-10 Senate Conference Committee members discharged.
• 2021-06-10 Reconsidered.
• 2021-06-09 Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
• 2021-06-09 House conferees appointed: Stefanski, James, and Schexnayder.
• 2021-06-08 Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
• 2021-06-08 Senate conference committee members appointed: Cortez, Ward, and Smith.
• 2021-06-08 Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
• 2021-06-08 Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2021-06-06 Received from the House with amendments.
• 2021-06-03 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 15. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2021-06-02 Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2021.
• 2021-05-27 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2021-05-26 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2021-05-25 Reported with amendments (8-0). Rules suspended. Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2021-05-24 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2021-05-19 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 6 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2021-05-19 Called from the Calendar.
• 2021-05-18 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• 2021-05-17 Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2021-05-13 Substitute for Senate Bill No. 202. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c46b034-cf6c-4f81-a0d8-6f3a5cb6d438. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).