A bill for an act relating to gambling regulation and wagering, concerning cashless wagering, forfeiture and withholding of certain gaming winnings, sports wagering, occupational licenses, limitations on gambling game licenses, and simulcasting licensure and taxation, providing penalties and making penalties applicable, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 578.) Effective date: 07/01/2022, 06/17/2022. Applicability date: 06/01/2022.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Feb 21, 2022
Signed Jun 17, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2022 · House Mar 2, 2022
How they voted
29–9
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 42
May 23, 2022
D
Democratic15
73% Yea
R
Republican27
66% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Jun 17, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
May 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 60, nays 23.
lower
May 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendment H-8374.
lower
May 23, 2022
Introduced
Senate amendment H-8374 filed.
lower
May 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 35, nays 11.
upper
May 23, 2022
Introduced
Amendment S-5160 filed, adopted.
upper
Mar 16, 2022
Introduced
Amendment S-5072 filed.
upper
Mar 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/15/2022 11:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
legislature
Mar 9, 2022
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: R. Smith, Bisignano, and Johnson.
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 71, nays 28.
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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