---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending simulcasting and horse racing authorization"
description: "SENATE, July 31, 2019 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill further regulating thoroughbred breeding (Senate, No. 2238),-- reports (in part) a Bill extending simulcasting and horse racing authorization (Senate, No. 2308)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "191st"
identifier: "S 2308"
citation: "Massachusetts S 2308 (191st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-07-31"
last_action: "2020-01-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f43c6efb-8d15-43e7-b704-678a9e5e7bef"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2308"
source_hash: "69acdf676c5e3c406283f0b3ffac7d63f5cc40df4fe5879c8448615450b0c747"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts S 2308 (191st) — An Act extending simulcasting and horse racing authorization

SENATE, July 31, 2019 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill further regulating thoroughbred breeding (Senate, No. 2238),-- reports (in part) a Bill extending simulcasting and horse racing authorization (Senate, No. 2308).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2308.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-07-31** Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- **2019-07-31** Reported on a part of S2238
- **2019-07-31** Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-01** Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment (H4287) pending
- **2020-01-09** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-09** Read second, amended by substitution of a new text (H4287) and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2020-01-13** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-13** Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment
- **2020-01-13** House concurred in the Senate further amendment with a still further amendment
- **2020-01-13** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-13** Senate concurred in the House still further amendment
- **2020-01-13** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2020-01-13** Emergency preamble adopted
- **2020-01-13** Enacted `passage`
- **2020-01-13** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2020-01-14** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f43c6efb-8d15-43e7-b704-678a9e5e7bef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).