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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 408: Thoroughbred Permitholders

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 408 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Thoroughbred Permitholders. Primary sponsor: Danny Burgess (Republican), Regulated Industries. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7031 (Ch. 2025-208).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Danny BurgessPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Regulated IndustriesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7031 (Ch. 2025-208)
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
  4. CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
  5. Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  6. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 5 NAYS 2
  8. On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  9. Introduced
  10. Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
  11. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source