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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gaming Enforcement"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021A"
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identifier: "SB 4A"
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citation: "Florida SB 4A (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["appropriations", "criminal procedure and corrections", "executive branch", "public business"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hutson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-05-14"
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last_action: "2021-05-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b8bdff2-48b6-48ae-9aee-b5e9f8bee263"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/4A/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "2eb51ca0b7f2666a91d28dbc1dfd5b865e4520757aa6daed16885b46c95d5525"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 4A (2021A) — Gaming Enforcement
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 4A Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/4A/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 4A c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/4A/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 4A e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/4A/BillText/e1/HTML)
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4. **S 4A er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/4A/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **108–7** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **16–3** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **26–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hutson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-05-14** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 05/17/21, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-05-17** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-05-17** CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 3
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- **2021-05-17** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-05-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-05-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/18/21
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- **2021-05-17** CS by Appropriations read 1st time
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- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-18** Amendment(s) adopted (174404, 182946, 252140, 975994)
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- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-18** CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 13 `passage`
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- **2021-05-18** In Messages
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- **2021-05-18** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-05-18** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/19/2021)
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- **2021-05-18** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
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- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-19** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 7 `passage`
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- **2021-05-19** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-05-19** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-05-20** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b8bdff2-48b6-48ae-9aee-b5e9f8bee263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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