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LA HB53
Bill
Status
1/30/2026
Primary Sponsor
Bryan Fontenot
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AI Summary
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Adds seven gambling-related offenses to Louisiana's list of predicate crimes for racketeering under R.S. 15:1352(A)
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New predicate offenses include: general gambling, gambling in public, gambling by computer, gambling or wagering at cockfights, gambling by electronic sweepstakes device, and unlawful wagering by prohibited players
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Also adds bribery of sports participants (R.S. 14:118.1) as a racketeering predicate offense
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Directs the Louisiana Law Institute to renumber the new entries to maintain alphabetical order within the statute
Legislative Description
Adds certain gambling crimes as predicate offenses for racketeering (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
GAMBLING
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
3/9/2026