CS/CS/SB 1404: Gambling

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Regulated Industries, Simon

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.

Current Bill Version Posted: 4/17/2025 10:29 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 953 by Barnaby Gambling Last Action: 6/16/2025 H Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee	Similar
  H 1017 by Lopez, V. Gambling Last Action: 6/16/2025 H Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee	Compare
  H 1467 (e1) by Commerce Committee Gambling Last Action: 6/16/2025 S Died in Rules	Compare
  S 1836 by Martin Gaming Control Last Action: 6/16/2025 S Died in Regulated Industries	Compare

• Citations - Statute (33)

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  16.71	Florida Gaming Control Commission; creation; meetings; membership.	Page 4 [pdf]
  16.712	Florida Gaming Control Commission authorizations, duties, and responsibilities.	Page 7 [pdf]
  16.713	Florida Gaming Control Commission; appointment and employment restrictions.	Page 7 [pdf]
  16.715	Florida Gaming Control Commission standards of conduct; ex parte communications.	Page 10 [pdf]
  546.10	Amusement games or machines.	Page 15 [pdf]
  550.09512	Harness horse taxes; abandoned interest in a permit for nonpayment of taxes.	Page 17 [pdf]
  550.09515	Thoroughbred horse taxes; abandoned interest in a permit for nonpayment of taxes.	Page 18 [pdf]
  550.3345	Conversion of quarter horse permit to a limited thoroughbred permit.	Page 93 [pdf]
  551.103	Powers and duties of the commission and law enforcement.	Page 18 [pdf]
  551.104	License to conduct slot machine gaming.	Page 19 [pdf]
  551.114	Slot machine gaming areas.	Page 20 [pdf]
  772.102	Definitions.	Page 89 [pdf]
  838.12	Bribery in athletic contests.	Page 21 [pdf]
  843.08	False personation.	Page 23 [pdf]
  849.01	Keeping gambling houses, etc.	Page 24 [pdf]
  849.02	Agents or employees of keeper of gambling house.	Page 25 [pdf]
  849.03	Renting house for gambling purposes.	Page 25 [pdf]
  849.08	Gambling.	Page 26 [pdf]
  849.086	Cardrooms authorized.	Page 27 [pdf]
  849.0932		Page 28 [pdf]
  849.11	Plays at games of chance by lot.	Page 31 [pdf]
  849.13	Punishment on second conviction.	Page 31 [pdf]
  849.14	Unlawful to bet on result of trial or contest of skill, etc.	Page 32 [pdf]
  849.15	Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., of slot machines or devices prohibited.	Page 32 [pdf]
  849.155		Page 35 [pdf]
  849.157		Page 37 [pdf]
  849.23	Penalty for violations of ss. 849.15-849.22.	Page 38 [pdf]
  849.47		Page 38 [pdf]
  849.48		Page 39 [pdf]
  849.49		Page 40 [pdf]
  895.02	Definitions.	Page 92 [pdf]
  903.046	Purpose of and criteria for bail determination.	Page 40 [pdf]
  921.0022	Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart.	Page 41 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/26/2025	S	• Filed
  3/6/2025	S	• Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
  3/10/2025	S	• Introduced
  3/20/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  3/25/2025	S	• CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  3/27/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  4/2/2025	S	• CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
  4/10/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  4/15/2025	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
  4/17/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  4/22/2025	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
  5/3/2025	S	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  6/16/2025	S	• Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2)