Relating to: nuisance actions against racing facilities.
AB 880 prevents certain nuisance lawsuits against racing facilities by restricting who can file them. It allows only property owners within a 5-mile radius who owned their land *before* the racetrack was built or expanded to sue. The law blocks these lawsuits if the racetrack was legally operating at the time the plaintiff acquired the property, regardless of later changes to the facility (like size or technology), as long as those changes followed existing laws. This directly affects racetracks and nearby landowners who might seek legal action over noise or other issues.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Assembly Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Vetoed
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 16, 2026
Vetoed Apr 8, 2026
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MINOR
The bill text was converted from a draft introduction format to the final enrolled version, which includes the Governor's veto message. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a new exception: the nuisance protections no longer apply if the racing facility makes a substantial and material expansion that significantly increases the intensity of its operations compared to historical patterns.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed by adding a specific exception for racing facilities that expand their operations significantly after the bill takes effect.
EXEMPTIONS
Added an exception stating that nuisance protections do not apply if a racing facility expands operations substantially, resulting in a significant increase in the overall intensity of use beyond historical patterns.
DEFINITION
Added a definition for 'Person' to explicitly exclude counties, cities, villages, and towns from being able to file nuisance lawsuits.
ENFORCEMENT
Clarified that political subdivisions cannot create private causes of action that conflict with the bill's limitations.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
4
Apr 8, 2026
Vetoed
Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2026
lower
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Mursau
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Mursau
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Brill, Kreibich, Duchow and Kurtz;
cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk and Cabral-Guevara
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cindi Duchow
RRepublican
P
Jeff Mursau
RRepublican
P
Lindee Brill
RRepublican
P
Rob Kreibich
RRepublican
P
Tony Kurtz
RRepublican
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