republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2021a/sb-8a.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2021A	SB 8A	Florida SB 8A (2021A)	bill	alcoholic beverages and tobacco crimes public health reclamation and use regulation of professions and occupations	enacted	Hutson	4	30	3	2021-05-14	2021-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5051df65-93d7-403e-8dfd-868870781db5	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/8A/ByCategory	6b68201a85fc85d11796a3178eba56d58103f639606f6c0318b88b28fd4587c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. S 8A c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 8A e1 (engrossed) — source
4. S 8A er (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/5051df65-93d7-403e-8dfd-868870781db5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).