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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 540: GAMBLING/VIDEO POKER: Provides relative to video poker (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Enacted 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 540 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: GAMBLING/VIDEO POKER: Provides relative to video poker (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note). Primary sponsor: Bryan Fontenot (Republican). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 378.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bryan FontenotPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Vinney St. BlancCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Delisha BoydCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse102
Wilford CarterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Paula DavisCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Peter EganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Adrian FisherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Jason HughesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Edmond JordanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Jeremy LaCombeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Vanessa LaFleurCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse101
Denise MarcelleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Shaun MenaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Candace NewellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Matthew WillardCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
John WybleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75

“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. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 378.
  2. Effective date: 06/20/2025.
  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
  7. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.
  9. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  11. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  12. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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