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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2497: An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for event outcome prediction wagering; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and the Department of Revenue; imposing an event outcome prediction wagering tax and local share assessment; establishing restricted receipt accounts within the State Gaming Fund and the Commonwealth Financing Authority; and imposing penalties.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2497 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on May 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for event outcome prediction wagering; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and the Department of Revenue; imposing an event outcome prediction wagering tax and local share assessment; establishing restricted receipt accounts within the State Gaming Fund and the Commonwealth Financing Authority; and imposing penalties. Primary sponsor: Danilo Burgos (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 8, 2026): Referred to Gaming Oversight.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Danilo BurgosPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse197
Lisa BorowskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse168
Johanny Cepeda-FreytizCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Joe CiresiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Gina CurryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse164
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Jeanne McNeillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse133
Darisha ParkerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse198
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Ben WaxmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse182

“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. Referred to Gaming Oversight

Sources

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