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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 165: LOTTERY: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to lottery proceeds benefitting veterans (RE +$500,000 GF EX See Note)

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 165 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on February 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: LOTTERY: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to lottery proceeds benefitting veterans (RE +$500,000 GF EX See Note). Primary sponsor: Troy Hebert (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 12, 2026): Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Troy HebertPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Tehmi ChassionCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  2. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  3. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  4. Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  5. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
  6. Reported with amendments (8-0).
  7. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
  8. Reported with amendments (19-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
  9. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
  10. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
  11. Prefiled.
  12. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source