Horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering; amends definition of breakage.
Summary
Horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering; breakage. Amends the definition of "breakage" for the purposes of horse racing other than historical horse racing to mean the odd cents by which the amount payable on each dollar wagered exceeds one cent ($0.01). The bill also provides that 100 percent of the legitimate breakage from each pari-mutuel pool for historical horse racing shall be distributed to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2025
Last action Jan 28, 2025
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Introduced
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General Laws and Technology Substitute
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from an introduced version to a Senate substitute version, with no substantive policy changes to the actual content. The formatting differences include reorganization of header information, page numbering changes, and some text alignment adjustments, but the legislative provisions regarding horse racing wagering, tax distributions, and definitions remain identical.
TECHNICAL
Header information was reorganized with different session dates and bill numbers (25103020D became 25105374D), and the document title changed from 'Introduced' to 'Senate Substitute' with additional committee attribution.
Page numbering and line formatting changed throughout the document, with some lines showing different spacing and alignment in the substitute version.
Some text sections show minor formatting differences such as line breaks and spacing, but the actual legislative language and policy provisions remain unchanged.
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Total actions
6
Key actions
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Committee
3
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
upper
Jan 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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