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LouisianaHB 3372026 Regular SessionHouse

GAMING: Provides relative to charitable bingo and the issuance of special licenses

Sponsored By: Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IV (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary BAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Charitable groups can hold more bingo sessions

Louisiana's gaming office may issue special bingo licenses through rules. The law raises the limit from two to four sessions per year under each special license. Total daily prizes under each license remain capped at $25,000 in cash or other things of value. All other charitable bingo rules still apply.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IV

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 139 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/28/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 31 • No: 0

House vote • 3/30/2026

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 • 3/24/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 796.

    6/8/2026House

  2. Effective date: 06/08/2026.

    6/8/2026House

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

    5/6/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

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

    4/22/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    4/21/2026Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

    3/31/2026Senate

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

    3/30/2026House

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

    3/30/2026Senate

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.

    3/26/2026House

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

    3/25/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (10-0).

    3/24/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    3/9/2026House

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

    2/27/2026House

  21. Prefiled.

    2/24/2026House

  22. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    2/24/2026House

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