---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changes in Ownership of or Interest in Pari-mutuel Permits"
description: "Changes in Ownership of or Interest in Pari-mutuel Permits; Revising entities authorized to hold pari-mutuel wagering permits and associated licenses; specifying such entities may hold a license for the operation of a cardroom, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 7044"
citation: "Florida SB 7044 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-269"
primary_sponsors: ["Regulated Industries"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/992f36f6-b401-4ccb-b15e-dd9d33ce6512"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7044/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f839671d35cd16104db3f776e0ce9fbf1ab25338ca0729b25000095ed1a4b26d"
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 7044 (2023) — Changes in Ownership of or Interest in Pari-mutuel Permits

Changes in Ownership of or Interest in Pari-mutuel Permits; Revising entities authorized to hold pari-mutuel wagering permits and associated licenses; specifying such entities may hold a license for the operation of a cardroom, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-269.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7044 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7044/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7044 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7044/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7044 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/7044/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Regulated Industries — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24** Submitted for consideration by Regulated Industries
- **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/29/23, 12:00 pm, 401 Senate Building
- **2023-03-29** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-30** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-04-10** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/13/23, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-13** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 5 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-22** Chapter No. 2023-269

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/992f36f6-b401-4ccb-b15e-dd9d33ce6512`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).