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LouisianaHB 3082026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

PUBLIC FACILITIES: Requires acceptance of cash for certain transactions at state-owned stadium facilities (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Michael Robert Bayham Jr. (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Cash payments protected at Louisiana state stadiums

The law takes effect July 1, 2026, and covers purchases started on or after July 1, 2027. It covers stadiums owned by Louisiana or its state entities and normally used for sports or entertainment. These include the Louisiana Superdome, Smoothie King Center, and Louisiana State University's Tiger Stadium. Covered facilities must accept U.S. cash for purchases of goods, services, or property rights when customers are physically present. This requirement applies when the facility accepts another payment type for the same purchase. Facilities can instead provide an on-site kiosk that turns cash into a debit card loaded with the deposited amount. They cannot charge a fee or add another condition for accepting cash. The requirement excludes phone, mail, internet, and other electronic sales; parking; purchases over $5,000; denominations above $20; and suspected counterfeit cash.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 153 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/28/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 4/7/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 3/30/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 19 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 635.

    6/2/2026House

  2. Effective date: 07/01/2026.

    6/2/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/1/2026House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/31/2026Senate

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/29/2026House

  6. Called from the Calendar.

    5/28/2026Senate

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/28/2026Senate

  8. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/28/2026House

  9. Rules suspended.

    5/21/2026Senate

  10. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    5/21/2026Senate

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/18/2026Senate

  12. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/14/2026Senate

  13. Reported favorably.

    5/13/2026Senate

  14. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    4/8/2026Senate

  15. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/7/2026House

  16. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/7/2026Senate

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.

    4/1/2026House

  18. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    3/31/2026House

  19. Reported favorably (19-0).

    3/30/2026House

  20. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

    3/9/2026House

  21. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  22. Prefiled.

    2/24/2026House

  23. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

    2/24/2026House

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