HB337 • 2026

GAMING: Provides relative to charitable bingo and the issuance of special licenses

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Beau Beaullieu
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: Signed by the Speaker
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact new prize limit is not specified beyond confirming it remains at $25,000.

Charitable Bingo and Special Licenses

This bill changes the rules for special bingo licenses, allowing charitable organizations to hold four special bingo sessions per year with prize limits of up to $25,000.

What This Bill Does

Changes the number of special bingo sessions a licensed organization can hold from two to four per year.

Who It Names or Affects

Charitable organizations that want to hold bingo events with prizes.
The office responsible for issuing these special licenses.

Terms To Know

Special license: A permit given by the state allowing a charitable organization to conduct bingo sessions with higher prize limits than usual.
Charitable organizations: Groups that do good work for others and often raise money through events like bingo games.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify an increase in the maximum prize amount; it remains at $25,000.
It's unclear how many additional special licenses will be issued as a result of this change.

Bill History

2026-05-29 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-28 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-28 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-28 S
Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-06 S
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-04-27 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-22 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-21 S
Reported favorably.
2026-03-31 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
2026-03-30 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-30 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-26 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
2026-03-25 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-24 H
Reported favorably (10-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-24 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-24 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

GAMING: Provides relative to charitable bingo and the issuance of special licenses

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 337
BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 4:710(A), relative to the issuance of special licenses; to provide
3 relative to charitable bingo; to increase the number of special bingo sessions that
4 may be conducted by a licensed organization; to provide for effectiveness; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 4:710(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 §710. Issuance of special licenses
9 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, the
10 office may provide by rule for the issuance of a special license for the conduct of no
11 more than two four bingo sessions annually at which the total amount of prizes
12 which may be awarded on any one calendar day under such a license shall not exceed
13 twenty-five thousand dollars in cash or other thing or things of value. Except as
14 otherwise provided in this Section, all other provisions of this Chapter shall apply
15 to the issuance of such special licenses.
16 * * *
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HB NO. 337 ENROLLED
1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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