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LA SB339

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2026

Primary Sponsor

Mike Reese

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Louisiana State Racing Commission, Office of Charitable Gaming, and Louisiana Gaming Control Board to request and obtain state and national criminal history records from the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information and the FBI for license applicants

  • Requires all applicants for gaming licenses, permits, or employment to submit fingerprints for background checks, with fingerprints forwarded to the FBI for national criminal history searches

  • Permits costs for criminal background checks to be charged by the bureau and imposed on individual applicants, including fees for both state and national record searches

  • Makes criminal history records obtained by gaming agencies available for review by the Louisiana Department of Justice and designates such information as confidential under existing gaming law

  • Effective August 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Provides relative to criminal background checks in the gaming industry. (8/1/26)

GAMING

Last Action

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B3/9/2026
Judiciary C2/27/2026

Full Bill Text

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