republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2025/hb-547.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RACING/HORSE: Authorizes fixed odds wagering on horse races (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
description: "RACING/HORSE: Authorizes fixed odds wagering on horse races (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 547"
citation: "Louisiana HB 547 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Boyer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d840d804-ef7d-4683-ae9f-57292074927f"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248593"
source_hash: "edac1b5c99f2bc3b0b4a4f8f51f31e9eb833b9c5e7b801bdd6c917eab26b8594"
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 547 (2025) — RACING/HORSE: Authorizes fixed odds wagering on horse races (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB547 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404298)
2. **HB547 Act 291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425605)
3. **HB547 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413630)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2553, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413218)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2645, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413581)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2617, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420344)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2744, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421172)
8. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3078, Talbot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422631)
9. **HB547 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423484)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#725) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#714) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1009) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Boyer — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Rashid Young — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2025.
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 291. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-29** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2025.
- **2025-05-28** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Reported favorably (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2025-05-12** Reported with amendments (14-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d840d804-ef7d-4683-ae9f-57292074927f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).