Bill Summary

SB 1404 Gambling (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Simon  CS Sponsors: Regulated Industries, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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Summary
Gambling; Prohibiting certain employment for a specified timeframe before or during a person’s service with the commission; authorizing certain organizations, before purchasing, installing, or operating a game or machine on its premises and if in doubt about whether such machine meets the definition of an amusement machine, to petition the commission for a specified declaratory statement on whether the operation of such game or machine is authorized or prohibited; prohibiting betting on athletic contests with knowledge that the results are prearranged or predetermined; providing that a cardroom operator may limit the playing of any game to persons 21 years of age or older; prohibiting trafficking in slot machines, devices, or parts thereof, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2025
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committees of reference
   S Regulated Industries
» S Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
   S Fiscal Policy
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Actions
02/26/25
SENATE
Filed
03/06/25
SENATE
Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
03/20/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Regulated Industries, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 412 K
03/25/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Regulated Industries; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/27/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/27/25
SENATE
Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
04/10/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 412 K
04/15/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; 12 Yeas, 0 Nays
04/17/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
05/03/25
SENATE
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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bill text & filed amendments
1404
Filed on 02/26/25
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Amendment 185516
Gruters
Filed on 03/24/25
Replaced by CS
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Amendment 914396
Bradley
Filed on 03/24/25
Replaced by CS
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Amendment 661106
Pizzo
Filed on 03/25/25
Withdrawn
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1404C1
Filed on 03/27/25
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Amendment 766556 DE
Simon
Filed on 04/14/25
Replaced by CS
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1404C2
Filed on 04/17/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
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