---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gaming"
description: "Gaming; Revising the application requirements for an operating license to conduct pari-mutuel wagering for a pari-mutuel facility; prohibiting greyhound permitholders from conducting live racing; specifying that certain permitholders that do not conduct live racing or games retain their permit and remain pari-mutuel facilities; specifying that, if such permitholder has been issued a slot machine license, the permitholder’s facility remains an eligible facility, continues to be eligible for a slot machine license, is exempt from certain provisions of ch. 551, F.S., is eligible to be a guest track, and, if the permitholder is a harness horse racing permitholder, is eligible to be a host track for intertrack wagering and simulcasting and remains eligible for a cardroom license, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 8A"
citation: "Florida SB 8A (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alcoholic beverages and tobacco", "crimes", "public health", "reclamation", "and use", "regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-14"
last_action: "2021-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5051df65-93d7-403e-8dfd-868870781db5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/8A/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6b68201a85fc85d11796a3178eba56d58103f639606f6c0318b88b28fd4587c3"
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-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 8A (2021A) — Gaming

Gaming; Revising the application requirements for an operating license to conduct pari-mutuel wagering for a pari-mutuel facility; prohibiting greyhound permitholders from conducting live racing; specifying that certain permitholders that do not conduct live racing or games retain their permit and remain pari-mutuel facilities; specifying that, if such permitholder has been issued a slot machine license, the permitholder’s facility remains an eligible facility, continues to be eligible for a slot machine license, is exempt from certain provisions of ch. 551, F.S., is eligible to be a guest track, and, if the permitholder is a harness horse racing permitholder, is eligible to be a host track for intertrack wagering and simulcasting and remains eligible for a cardroom license, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 8A Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/8A/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 8A c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/8A/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 8A e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/8A/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 8A er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/8A/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **73–43** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hutson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-14** Filed `filing`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 05/17/21, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-05-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2021-05-17** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-05-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-05-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/18/21
- **2021-05-17** CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Amendment(s) adopted (234656, 508950, 885116)
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-18** In Messages
- **2021-05-18** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/19/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2021-05-19** Amendment 663291 filed
- **2021-05-19** Amendment 358093 filed
- **2021-05-19** Amendment 365871 filed
- **2021-05-19** Amendment 358093 withdrawn
- **2021-05-19** Amendment 663291 withdrawn
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Amendment 365871 Failed
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** CS passed; YEAS 73, NAYS 43 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Message sent to senate
- **2021-05-19** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5051df65-93d7-403e-8dfd-868870781db5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).