---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Seized by the Florida Gaming Control Commission"
description: "Property Seized by the Florida Gaming Control Commission; Provides certain property seized by the Florida Gaming Control Commission shall be deposited into Florida Gaming Control Commission Pari-Mutuel Wagering Trust Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5203"
citation: "Florida HB 5203 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-55"
primary_sponsors: ["Busatta Cabrera"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e36ce13-cf78-4514-a533-b85abc4b96b7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/5203/ByCategory"
source_hash: "86719898b45b2d20a6a67e3b0c313569bc858f7f0d4aadabb24987c775186efe"
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 HB 5203 (2024) — Property Seized by the Florida Gaming Control Commission

Property Seized by the Florida Gaming Control Commission; Provides certain property seized by the Florida Gaming Control Commission shall be deposited into Florida Gaming Control Commission Pari-Mutuel Wagering Trust Fund.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-55.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 5203 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/5203/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5203 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/5203/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Busatta Cabrera — primary (person)
- State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2024-01-26** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2024-01-31** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2024-01-31** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-01-31** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/7/2024)
- **2024-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- **2024-02-08** In Messages
- **2024-02-08** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-08** Substituted for SB 2508
- **2024-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-08** In Messages
- **2024-02-08** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03** Chapter No. 2024-55; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2024-231)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e36ce13-cf78-4514-a533-b85abc4b96b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).