GAMING: Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering. (8/1/24) (EN -$500,000 GF RV See Note)
SB 235 amends the state's sports wagering regulations by making minor textual corrections to the bill's language. Specifically, it adjusts punctuation on the first page to improve clarity regarding how certain documents are obtained and issued. This change does not alter the substantive rules governing gambling operations or affect the people directly involved in sports betting. The bill is currently in the legislative process and has been referred to the Committee on Finance for further review.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 1, 2024 · House May 23, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 38
May 1, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
1
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 21, 2024
Introduced
Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (19-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 9, 2024
Committee
Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
May 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (7-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
May 7, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
May 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 27, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Mar 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
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