Florida · Senate Bill 408 · 2025 Regular Session

Thoroughbred Permitholders

  1. Introduced Jan 29, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 10, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Thoroughbred Permitholders; Requiring certain thoroughbred permitholders to conduct a full schedule of live racing until such permitholders provide notice to the Florida Gaming Control Commission with certain information; revising the criteria for certain thoroughbred permitholders to pay the tax on handle for intertrack wagering; deleting certain criteria a thoroughbred permitholder must meet as part of its pari-mutuel annual license application in order to have its cardroom license renewed, etc.

Every action

11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules · Senate Regulated Industries
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Regulated Industries
  5. CommitteeCS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 · Senate Regulated Industries5–2 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  8. CommitteeCS by Regulated Industries read 1st time · Senate Regulated Industries
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  10. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  11. CommitteeDied in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7031 (Ch. 2025-208 ) · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Apr 1, 2025 Senate Regulated Industries CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 5 NAYS 2
Members

Yes · 5

No · 2

Not voting · 1

5–2

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Danny BurgessR Primary sponsor · District 23
  • RI Regulated Industries Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.