All Roll Calls
Yes: 144 • No: 2
LouisianaHB 5382025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
AMUSEMENTS/SPORTS: Provides with respect to the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Sponsored By: John E. Wyble (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International AffairsCommerce
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Commission members get new pay rules
Four athletic commission members, excluding the chair, vice chair, and secretary, get $6,000 annually, up from $4,300. Salaries come from the commission's special fund and are reduced proportionately when money falls short. Members may receive up to $150 per day for meetings or commission-approved work, limited to 10 days per month. They may also receive reimbursement for actual, reasonably necessary expenses for commission work. The former separate $80-per-day payment for event travel is removed.
Sports spectators get eight-foot safety buffers
Each commission-regulated event must have a safety zone extending at least eight feet from the ring, cage, or catwalk. The zone must be separated from public seating. Entry requires commission approval, and seating inside requires approval from the commission member attending the event. People entering without approval may be removed.
More wrestling venues qualify, with review fees
The capacity limit for certain professional wrestling event exemptions rises from 400 to 1,000 people. Eligible venues include primary or secondary school gyms, or venues certified by the State Fire Marshal for 1,000 people or fewer. Events must also meet the remaining requirements of the state's professional wrestling exemption law. Qualifying promoters remain exempt from the show-date reservation fee but pay $250 for review of the required written notice.
New license and event fees for promoters
The Louisiana State Athletic Commission can set and adjust license fees. Wrestling and mixed-technique promoters pay $500 instead of $250; boxing promoters pay $250 instead of $500; matchmakers pay $150 instead of $250. Fees rise from $25 to $35 for referees, managers, announcers, seconds, professional wrestling contestants, main-bout professional boxers, and other licensees. When the commission appoints a boxing event coordinator, the promoting club pays the commission-set fee. The former $350-per-event coordinator fee cap is removed.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
John E. Wyble
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/8/2025
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 39 • No: 0
House vote • 5/14/2025
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 2. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 90 • No: 2
House vote • 5/12/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 15 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 290.
6/11/2025HouseEffective date: 08/01/2025.
6/11/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/9/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/9/2025SenateSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/9/2025HouseRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/8/2025SenateReceived from the Senate without amendments.
6/8/2025HouseReported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
6/4/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
6/4/2025SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
5/19/2025SenateRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 2. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
5/14/2025HouseReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
5/14/2025SenateRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
5/13/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.
5/13/2025HouseReported with amendments (15-0).
5/12/2025HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
4/14/2025HousePrefiled.
4/4/2025HouseUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
4/4/2025House
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