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LouisianaHB 532026 Regular SessionHouse

GAMBLING: Adds certain gambling crimes as predicate offenses for racketeering (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Bryan Fontenot (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Gambling crimes now support Louisiana racketeering charges

Louisiana law adds seven existing gambling-related crimes as grounds for racketeering charges. These include gambling, gambling in public, gambling by computer, and betting at cockfights. They also include electronic sweepstakes gambling, unlawful betting by prohibited players, and bribery of sports participants. Committing, attempting, conspiring, or asking, forcing, or intimidating another person to commit these crimes is covered by the expanded definition.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Bryan Fontenot

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 128 • No: 18

Senate vote • 4/27/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 29 • No: 7

House vote • 3/30/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 11. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 87 • No: 11

House vote • 3/24/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 48.

    5/11/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/11/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/5/2026House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/4/2026Senate

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

    4/29/2026House

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    4/28/2026House

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/27/2026Senate

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

    4/20/2026Senate

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

    4/15/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/14/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    3/31/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 11. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/30/2026House

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

    3/30/2026Senate

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

    3/26/2026House

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

    3/25/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (12-0).

    3/24/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  18. Prefiled.

    1/30/2026House

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

    1/30/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.

    1/30/2026House

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