Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana SB 163
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to the licensing and regulation of virtual currency businesses. (8/1/26)
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Mike Reese (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Feb 25, 2026): Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
Text versions
- House Committee Amendment, #5298, COM, Draft
- House Committee Amendment, #5349, COM, Adopted
- House Floor Amendment, #5562, Carver, Adopted
- SB163 Original
- SB163 Engrossed
- SB163 Enrolled
- SB163 Act 923
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2026 Senate | CONCUR (#1191) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
| May 20, 2026 House | FINAL PASSAGE (#1455) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
| Mar 23, 2026 Senate | FINAL PASSAGE (#98) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
Actions
- Feb 25, 2026 · Senate
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. - Mar 11, 2026 · Senate
Reported favorably. - Mar 16, 2026 · Senate
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. - Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. - Mar 24, 2026 · House
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. - Mar 25, 2026 · House
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. - May 11, 2026 · House
Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. - May 12, 2026 · House
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. - May 13, 2026 · House
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. - May 18, 2026 · House
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026. - May 18, 2026 · House
Read by title, returned to the calendar. - May 18, 2026 · House
Notice given. - May 18, 2026 · House
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2026. - May 20, 2026 · House
Called from the calendar. - May 20, 2026 · House
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. - May 20, 2026 · Senate
Received from the House with amendments. - May 25, 2026 · Senate
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays. - May 26, 2026 · Senate
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. - May 26, 2026 · House
Signed by the Speaker of the House. - May 26, 2026 · Senate
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. - Jun 23, 2026 · Senate
Becomes Act No. 923 without the Governor's signature. - Jun 23, 2026 · Senate
Effective date 8/1/2026.