republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2021a/sb-4a.md

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Bill	Gaming Enforcement	Gaming Enforcement; Expanding the authority of the Office of Statewide Prosecution within the Department of Legal Affairs to investigate and prosecute certain crimes; creating the Florida Gaming Control Commission within the Office of the Attorney General; creating the Division of Gaming Enforcement within the commission; specifying that certain persons are ineligible for appointment to or employment with the commission; providing standards of conduct for commissioners and employees of the commission, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2021A	SB 4A	Florida SB 4A (2021A)	bill	appropriations criminal procedure and corrections executive branch public business	enacted	Hutson	4	24	3	2021-05-14	2021-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/7b8bdff2-48b6-48ae-9aee-b5e9f8bee263	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/4A/ByCategory	2eb51ca0b7f2666a91d28dbc1dfd5b865e4520757aa6daed16885b46c95d5525	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 4A (2021A) — Gaming Enforcement

Gaming Enforcement; Expanding the authority of the Office of Statewide Prosecution within the Department of Legal Affairs to investigate and prosecute certain crimes; creating the Florida Gaming Control Commission within the Office of the Attorney General; creating the Division of Gaming Enforcement within the commission; specifying that certain persons are ineligible for appointment to or employment with the commission; providing standards of conduct for commissioners and employees of the commission, etc.

Version chain

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

1. S 4A Filed (filed) — source
2. S 4A c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 4A e1 (engrossed) — source
4. S 4A er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 108–7 (pass) · lower
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 16–3 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 26–13 (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 16 NAYS 3
• 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 (174404, 182946, 252140, 975994)
• 2021-05-18 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-05-18 CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 13 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 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-05-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-05-19 CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 7 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; origin ocd-bill/7b8bdff2-48b6-48ae-9aee-b5e9f8bee263. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).