SB 294 — GAMING: Provides relative to the allowable amount of promotional play offered by certain gaming operators and for deductions regarding promotional play. (7/1/26)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 258.
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✓Introduced
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 15, 2026.
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1 sponsor
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Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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In plain language
The bill adjusts the promotional play deductions for certain gaming operators in Louisiana.
This bill modifies how much promotional play deductions gaming operators can claim. It allows operators to assign unused deductions to other licensed operators.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
51 added · 110 removedPlain-language change summary
In the latest version of SB 294, a specific reference to "ACT No. 258" has been removed. This change likely simplifies the text of the bill by eliminating outdated or unnecessary references. This matters because it can make the bill clearer and easier for people to understand, ensuring that lawmakers and the public can focus on the core issues addressed in the legislation.
SLS 26RS-454 ENGROSSED Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
294 BY SENATOR TALBOT GAMING.ProvidesrelativetotheallowableamountofpromotionalAN playofferedbycertainACT gamingTo operatorsamend and forreenact deductionsR.S. regarding promotional play.
(7/1/26) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
A licensee may assign all or part of the amount of the allowable deductiondirectlyattributabletopromotionalwagersthatisnotclaimedbythe Pagelicensee 1for the same fiscal year to another licensee licensed pursuant to Chapters 4, 5, and 7 of 4this Coding:Title.
Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SLS 26RS-454 ENGROSSED SB NO.
294 licensee for the same fiscal year to another licensee licensed pursuant to Chapters 4, 5, and 7 of this Title.
* * * (16)Page "Gross1 revenue" means the total of all3 valueCoding: received by the casino gaming operator from gaming operations, including cash, checks, vouchers, instruments and anything received in payment for credit extended to a patron for purposes of gaming, and compensation received for conducting any game in which the casino gaming operator is not party to a wager, less the total of all value or amounts paid out as winnings to patrons and credit instruments or checks which are uncollected as determined by rule of the corporation and five million dollars annually directly attributable to promotional play wagers.
Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SB NO.
294 ENROLLED (16) "Gross revenue" means the total of all value received by the casino gaming operator from gaming operations, including cash, checks, vouchers, instruments and anything received in payment for credit extended to a patron for purposes of gaming, and compensation received for conducting any game in which the casino gaming operator is not party to a wager, less the total of all value or amounts paid out as winnings to patrons and credit instruments or checks which are uncollected as determined by rule of the corporation and five million dollars annually directly attributable to promotional play wagers.
* * * (9) "Net slot machine proceeds" means the total of all cash and property received by a licensee from slot machine gaming operations minus the amount of Pagecash 2or ofprizes 4paid Coding:to winners and five million dollars annuallydirectlyattributable topromotionalplaywagers.Alicenseemayassignallorpartoftheamountofthe allowable deduction directly attributable to promotional wagers that is not claimed by the licensee for the same fiscal year to another licensee licensed pursuanttoChapters4,5,and7ofthisTitle.Theassignmentshallbeinwriting and both the licensee assigning the deduction and the licensee to which the deduction is assigned shall report the assignment to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.
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SLS 26RS-454 ENGROSSED SB NO.
294 cashENROLLED orSection2.ThisActshallbecomeeffectiveonJuly1,2026;ifvetoedbythegovernor prizes paid to winners and fivesubsequently millionapproved dollars annuallydirectlyattributable topromotionalplaywagers.Alicenseemayassignallorpartoftheamountofthe allowable deduction directly attributable to promotional wagers that is not claimed by the licenseelegislature, forthis theAct sameshall fiscalbecome yeareffective toon another licensee licensed pursuanttoChapters4,5,and7ofthisTitle.Theassignmentshallbeinwriting and both the licenseeday assigningfollowing thesuch deductionapproval andby the licenseelegislature toor whichJuly the1, deduction2026, whichever is assignedlater. shall report the assignment to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.
*PRESIDENT *OF *THE Section2.ThisActshallbecomeeffectiveonJuly1,2026;ifvetoedbythegovernorSENATE andSPEAKER subsequentlyOF approvedTHE byHOUSE theOF legislature,REPRESENTATIVES thisGOVERNOR ActOF shallTHE becomeSTATE effectiveOF onLOUISIANA theAPPROVED: day following such approval by the legislature or July 1, 2026, whichever is later.
ThePage original3 instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the3 legislativeCoding: instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 294 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Talbot Present law, regardingriverboats, defines "net gaming proceeds"as the total of all cash and propertyreceived bythe licensee from gaming operations, less the total of all cash paid out as winnings to patrons and $5M annually that is directly attributable to promotional play.
Present law provides for license and franchise fees to be charged to all riverboat gaming licensees for the right to conduct gaming activities on a riverboat.
Further provides for the fees to be a percentage of the net gaming proceeds.
Proposedlawretainspresentlawandauthorizesalicenseetoassignallorpartoftheamount of the allowable deduction directly to promotional play that is not claimed by the licensee for the same fiscal year to another licensee licensed pursuant to present law regarding riverboats, the land-based casino, or slot machines at racetracks.
Provides that the assignmentmustbeinwritingandboththelicenseeassigningthedeductionandthelicensee to which the deduction is assigned are required to report the assignment to the La.
Gaming Control Board.
Present law, regarding land-based casino operations, defines "gross revenue"as the total of all value received by the casino gaming operator from gaming operations, less the total of all valueoramounts paidout aswinnings to patronsandcredit instruments or checkswhich are uncollected as determined by rule of the corporation and $5M annually directly attributable to promotional play.
Present law provides that the casino operator must pay to the La.
Gaming Control Board a minimum compensation of the greater of 18.5% of gross revenues or $65M annually.
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Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SLS 26RS-454 ENGROSSED SB NO.
294 Proposed law retains present law and authorizes the casino operator to assign all or part of theamountoftheallowabledeductiondirectlytopromotionalplaythatisnotclaimedbythe casino gaming operator for the same fiscal year to another licensee licensed pursuant to present law regarding the riverboats and slot machines at racetracks.
Provides that the assignment must be in writing and both the casino gaming operatorassigning the deduction and the licensee to which the deduction is assigned are required to report the assignment to the La.
Gaming Control Board.
Present law, regarding pari-mutuel wagering facilities (eligible facilities), defines "net slot machine proceeds" as the total of all cash and property received by a licensee from slot machine gaming operations minus the amount of cash or prizes paid to winners and $5M annually directly attributable to promotional play.
Present law further defines "taxable net slot machine proceeds" as the "net slot machine proceeds" less the amount of required in support, payment, or contributions to the horsemen (18%).
Present law provides for an 18.5% license tax on taxable net slot machine proceeds.
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Proposedlawretainspresentlawandauthorizesalicenseetoassignallorpartoftheamount of the allowable deduction directly to promotional play that is not claimed by the licensee for the same fiscal year to another licensee licensed pursuant to present law regarding the riverboats, the land-based casino, or slot machines at racetracks.
Provides that the assignmentmustbeinwritingandboththelicenseeassigningthedeductionandthelicensee to which the deduction is assigned are required to report the assignment to the La.
Gaming Control Board.
Effective July 1, 2026.
(Amends R.S.
27:44(15), 205(16), and 353(9)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary B to the original bill 1.
Authorize assignment of unclaimed promotional play credits between licensees of riverboats, the land-based casino, and slot machines at racetracks.
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View plain text versions (4)
- Enrolled SB294 Enrolled Current pdf
- Engrossed SB294 Engrossed pdf
- SB294 Act View text pdf
- SB294 Original View text pdf
Amendments
2 amendments- Senate Committee Amendment, #1551, JUDB, Adopted Adopted Show changes
- Senate Committee Amendment, #1335, JUDB, Draft Show changes
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Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 258.
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Effective date 7/1/2026.
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Received from the House without amendments.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
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Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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Called from the Calendar.
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Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Sponsors
- Kirk Talbot · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Kirk Talbot Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 146 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 61 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 94 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Yea |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Yea |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Yea |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Not Voting |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Yea |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Sawyer | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Not Voting |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Reese "Skip" Broussard | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Not Voting |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Not Voting |
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- Who sponsors SB 294?
- SB 294 is sponsored by Kirk Talbot (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 294?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2026. Enacted.
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