Gaming
Summary
Gaming; Revising the application requirements for an operating license to conduct pari-mutuel wagering for a pari-mutuel facility; prohibiting greyhound permitholders from conducting live racing; specifying that certain permitholders that do not conduct live racing or games retain their permit and remain pari-mutuel facilities; specifying that, if such permitholder has been issued a slot machine license, the permitholder’s facility remains an eligible facility, continues to be eligible for a slot machine license, is exempt from certain provisions of ch. 551, F.S., is eligible to be a guest track, and, if the permitholder is a harness horse racing permitholder, is eligible to be a host track for intertrack wagering and simulcasting and remains eligible for a cardroom license, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
May 2021
Introduced May 17, 2021
Signed May 25, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2021 · House May 19, 2021
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 36
May 18, 2021
D
Democratic15
93% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Amendments
3
May 25, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
May 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 73, NAYS 43
lower
May 19, 2021
Introduced
Amendment 365871 filed
lower
May 19, 2021
Introduced
Amendment 358093 filed
lower
May 19, 2021
Introduced
Amendment 663291 filed
lower
May 18, 2021
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
May 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
upper
May 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (234656, 508950, 885116)
upper
May 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
May 17, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
May 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 05/17/21, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
May 14, 2021
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Travis Hutson
RRepublican
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