2026 Regular Session
HB165
(Constitutional Amendment) Provides relative to lottery proceeds benefitting veterans (RE +$500,000 GF EX See Note)
Legislative progress
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Partner positions
Dislikes
"For the benefit of Louisiana resident military veterans and their families" is overboard and will be abused.
Recorded floor votes
1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
May 7, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 165 FINAL PASSAGE (#958)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
89 yea–0 nay · 16 absent
Committee referrals
May 12, 2026 · Senate
Finance
April 27, 2026 · House
Civil Law and Procedure
February 18, 2026 · House
Appropriations
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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House 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. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (8-0).
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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House Reported with amendments (19-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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House Prefiled.